Instead of sitting there interjecting—you were heard mostly in silence; I do acknowledge I interjected a couple of times, but I've had a wall of noise coming at me from those opposite.

This minister has done work to make sure that we responded to the royal commission. We are working every day to actually get those recommendations done. We are increasing the amount of staff within veterans affairs to process claims so that veterans can get access to their payments more quickly and there is $16 billion of additional money that has gone into veterans payments. All of that—all of that—is a legacy that we are proud of on this side. And we are proud that the Minister for Veterans' Affairs has delivered that.

We understand, as I said, that the issue of the threshold has caused concern in the veteran community, and we have made the announcement today. We've been consulting on the measure, and we've listened, and that threshold has been paused—

An opposition member: Paused!

has been withdrawn. So, as I say, we're not going to take lectures from the people opposite, who left thousands and thousands of veterans languishing on the waiting list for years trying to get their claims assessed, as though somehow they are now holier than thou and the only people who support veterans. Well, they didn't demonstrate it in government.

They had a veterans affairs minister resign from their cabinet—resign because of the lack of support that their government showed to veterans. He stood down and said that he could no longer be part of a government that did not support veterans. He then actually resigned from the political party because it clearly was a party that did not support veterans. We're not going to take lectures from you, and we support the minister well and truly for the work that he has done.