Senator RONALDSON (Victoria—Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC and Special Minister of State) (14:00): Forty-one questions later I finally get something from the Australian Labor Party. Senator Kim Carr: What about an answer? Senator RONALDSON: Senator Carr has just interjected. The PRESIDENT: Order! Interjections are disorderly, and I remind the minister that he needs to address the question and address the chair. Senator RONALDSON: I was indeed answering the question and Senator Carr interjected. Have a guess how many questions there have been since Senator Carr asked a question on industry. Forty-eight. Senator Carr, who stands up here on occasion and talks about industry— Senator Farrell: Mr President, I rise on a point of order. Senator Ronaldson wants more questions. What we need is more answers. Can you please ask him to answer my question. The PRESIDENT: That is not a point of order. I cannot instruct the minister how to answer the question, but I do direct the minister's attention to the question. Senator RONALDSON: I love your work, Don. I do, on a serious note, want to wish Senator Farrell my very best for what lies ahead. Can I just say this in relation to Senator Farrell. The matter he is talking about does not take into account what we will be doing for veterans in relation to the abolition of the carbon tax. What I say to Senator Farrell— Senator Kim Carr: That's your answer? Senator RONALDSON: Forty-eight questions, Senator Carr. What a remarkable performance. What I will say to Senator Farrell is that in relation to veterans' families— Senator Wong: Mr President, I rise on a point of order. Over a minute has expired since the question was asked. The question was about the seniors supplement. It is an important issue for war veterans. I would ask the minister to do as the standing orders require and be directly relevant to a question about the payment, or lack of payment, of the seniors supplement to war veterans. The PRESIDENT: I did draw the minister's attention to the question at the 1½-minute mark. I do so again, but I also point out that interjections do not help the conduct of question time, and people responding to interjections do not help question time either. The minister has 46 seconds remaining. Senator RONALDSON: I thought I was answering the question. But, in any event, I think it is important for the chamber to note that the seniors supplement that Senator Farrell is referring to is only paid to those DVA clients whose income and assets mean they do not qualify for a service or age pension. I thought Senator Farrell might actually have included that in his question as well. What this government inherited, of course, was a budgetary situation that required us to adopt measures across portfolios to address Labor's debt legacy. That of course has impacted on all Australians. For Senator Farrell and the Australian Labor Party to talk about their concerns with veterans— (Time expired)