Warning to welfare system gamers: minister

Social Services Minister Scott Morrison says the government has a responsibility to shut out those trying to game the welfare system.

Federal Minister Scott Morrison has urged Labor states to sign an agreement on homelessness. (AAP)

Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has warned that the federal government intends to crack down on Australians who game the welfare system.

Mr Morrison was responding to a report that taxpayers forked out $190 billion last year for 240 million welfare payments.

The government had a responsibility to shut out those trying to game the system, he told Radio 2GB on Monday.