Mr MORRISON (Cook—Prime Minister and Minister for the Public Service) (14:09): I will ask the minister representing the minister for social services to add to my answer, but I can tell you what this government does. This government makes sure that the welfare system is fair to those who rely on it and is fair to those who pay for it, which is the taxpayers of Australia. And where there are benefits and supplements to payments that are being paid to people who are having extended absences from Australia—they're overseas for long periods of time and they receive supplements to meet expenditures that people are facing at home, not overseas—then the government will always seek to ensure that these supplements go to those for the purposes they were intended. Under our government, the welfare bill is not a blank cheque. Under our government, the welfare goes where it is needed and is targeted, and it is done in a sustainable way to ensure that all of those who rely absolutely on the welfare bill of this country can depend on it into the future. And you know what, Mr Speaker? If you can't manage money, if you're a government that doesn't know how to manage money, you can't say to the pensioners of Australia that you can support their pension into the future. Under the Labor Party, they had to not list medicines. They had to make cuts to defence. They even had to put a flood levy on, because they did not know how to manage money. The Labor Party has to take responsibility for the implications, for the consequences, of their failure to manage money. At the last election, we said, very clearly, 'Labor can't manage money and that means they come after yours.' They will ensure through their mismanagement that Australians miss out, that essential services that Australians rely on can never be guaranteed by the Labor Party—whether it's hospitals or schools or the NDIS or aged care. Opposition members interjecting— Mr MORRISON: And they can bark and shout all they like, but the truth is: Labor can't manage money. The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will— Mr Stephen Jones interjecting— The SPEAKER: It was a bit late, Member for Whitlam. You haven't got the call yet. The Leader of the Opposition, on a point of order? Mr Albanese: Thanks, Mr Speaker. As reluctant as I am to stop the Prime Minister telling us that pensioners are welfare recipients, I go to direct relevance. This was about the legislation that's before the parliament: does it cut the pension supplement? Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my left! Deputy Leader of the Opposition. The member for Hunter. Can I just say: all interjections are disorderly but they're particularly disorderly if you're interrupting me, when you've asked me to rule on a point of order. The Prime Minister was directly relevant, to the specific question, at the beginning of his answer. I think he's related his material, if not very broadly, to it so far. I still think he's in order. I remind members, the standing order requires the Prime Minister and ministers to be directly relevant. It's not the standing order I think those on the opposition would want, which is to directly answer the question, but it's directly relevant and I think he has been directly relevant up until this point. Prime Minister. Mr MORRISON: I am asked about the pension, and I'll tell you what we won't do. We won't take away the imputation credits for pensioners who simply want to manage their own money. At the last election, the Australian people knew Labor were coming after older Australians' money, and they said no to Labor.