Webb DuncanDr DUNCAN WEBB (Labour—Christchurch Central): Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker. I don't know where that member has been—certainly not at the Finance and Expenditure Committee should she be minded along with any of her colleagues to turn up—but we have the lowest unemployment we have had for many many years. I heard the Governor of the Reserve Bank say that there were capacity constraints and when I asked him exactly what he meant by that he said There are not enough people to do the jobs. We need more skilled labour." The suggestion that unemployment is any kind of a problem is absolutely fatuous.We have an economy which is growing year on year and is projected to do so. The international institutions have improved our rating. As amongst our international peers we are surging ahead. On all measures New Zealand is doing better now than it has ever before. And do you know what I'm proudest of? That we are looking at more and more important measures—that we are not just going to talk about GDP and fiscal measures alone but that we are going to start measuring things that matter. Do you know why we are going to do that? We are going to do that because what we want to do is make a New Zealand where people can live the lives they choose.One of the biggest constraints we know for people living a meaningful life is poverty. You can't make choices if the only choice you really have to make is between feeding your children and paying for school books. So that is why things like the Families Package assisted 350000 New Zealanders so that they could make better choices—better choices for themselves and better choices for their children. That's why 600000 people can now choose to go to the doctor and the cost of that visit won't be a constraint because we have made sure that GP fees are lower for 600000 New Zealanders. And fees-free means that there are more New Zealanders who can make the choice to get into post-secondary education into our fantastic universities and our polytechs and vocational training which will be fantastic once we've cleaned up the mess of the last Government. Mr Hipkins is making a start on that. It's a big job but they are critical to our trades and to our wider industry. So it's fantastic to see that the work is being done there.This is about capabilities. This is a Government which is going to build the capabilities of New Zealanders and look not just at numbers and outputs but at real outcomes for New Zealanders. So we're not simply going to ask "How many of this is done?" or whether this list has been achieved but we are actually going to ask the question as to whether each Government department and their Ministers responsible have delivered outcomes that make real New Zealanders' lives better. And if we look at that one way we're doing that is in the tax area. It might sound technical but if we look at what we're doing we're making a fairer and more balanced tax system. No longer is Amazon going to be able to get a tax break when it sends lower-value items into New Zealand free of GST—things like that and the recently announced internet providers tax to make sure that providers who don't have a base in New Zealand but offer internet-based services still pay their fair share. It's about making sure that everyone bears their share of the tax burden.The idea of having a zero-carbon New Zealand—making sure that we measure not only how well we're doing economically but how well we're doing environmentally and not just today and tomorrow but making sure that we leave a New Zealand which is more sustainable one that will last for generations. It's no use stealing our environment from our children and our grandchildren degrading it and depleting it so there's nothing left. This is a Government which has a multi-generational vision and it's one that's been needed for nine long long years.So what we have here is a Government that is moving on is looking after its people is measuring all kinds of outcomes and is here for all of New Zealand. Thank you Mr Assistant Speaker."