Mr HOWARD (Prime Minister) (3:13 PM) —Both the member for Franklin and the member for Lilley asked me questions about the impact of the GST on pensions, and I made the point in answer to the honourable member for Franklin that there would be a real increase in the pension of two per cent, and that claim drew a bit of flak from those who sit opposite. I might remind them that, in a message to the electors of Hotham, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition stated that `the real increase in the pension will, therefore, be two per cent'. That was a statement made by the member for Hotham. The other interesting statement contained in the document put out by the member for Hotham was that the pension would continue to be linked to what he incorrectly called Labor's benchmark of 25 per cent of average weekly earnings. In other words, the member for Hotham does not even believe the press releases of the member for Lilley.