Ms MACKLIN (Jagajaga—Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform) (15:04): I thank the member for Hindmarsh very much for that question because I know how much he does, particularly for families and pensioners, in his electorate of Hindmarsh. It is, of course, the case that this government has been getting on with the job of delivering real assistance to both pensioners and households. If you go firstly to the millions of pensioners in Australia, it is this government that delivered the most substantial improvements to the pension and, compared to when the Leader of the Opposition was in government, pensioners are now getting $148 a fortnight extra if they are single pensioners on the maximum rate. That certainly has helped pensioners with their difficulties when it comes to meeting cost-of-living pressures. The government is also doing many things to help families. It is this government that has increased the childcare rebate to make sure that it does provide that extra assistance with out-of-pocket costs when parents need to take their children to child care and it is this government that has helped parents with the costs of education, most recently with the cost of school uniforms. And, of course, it is this government that has made sure that it improves assistance for those parents who have got older teenagers who are staying on at school—not like those opposite, who are so out of touch and who have got no idea about the costs of older teenagers. It is this government that has made sure that it delivers to those parents, and they are now getting up to $4,200 extra a year to make sure that they can meet the costs of their children. Mr Albanese: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: is it in order for the member for Bowman to make claw signs across the chamber at the minister for families and community services while she is addressing the question? We have dealt with these sorts of issues before, Mr Speaker— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House will resume his seat. Mr Albanese: and when we have had these issues before this Prime Minister has shown leadership. The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House will resume his seat. The action of the member for Bowman reflects on him. I expect he will not do it again. The minister has the call. Ms MACKLIN: Of course it was this Labor government that introduced Australia's first national paid parental leave scheme, and so far we have seen around 130,000 families get the benefit of that. We have just heard that there has been a row in the Liberal Party in Broome today. Many of the Leader of the Opposition's colleagues do not agree with his policy on paid parental leave. They know that what he wants to do is impose a new tax on Australian families. The SPEAKER: The minister will return to the substance of the question. Ms MACKLIN: This government wants to cut taxes for Australian families. The Leader of the Opposition wants to impose a new tax. The SPEAKER: Order! The minister will resume her seat, and the minister will not defy me in future. Even ministers are not immune from the standing orders.