Willis Scott; Kuriger BarbaraSCOTT WILLIS (Green): Thank you Madam Speaker and thank you to the member David MacLeod for looking across the aisle because indeed we do need an energy strategy that will help us decarbonise and that will endure through Governments to the end of this Government in 2026 and to the future Government which will truly deliver climate justice. I listened carefully to the Minister for Energy's explanation of why we must continue to burn gas and we know he loves gas but what I also heard was a lot of gas and a poverty of imagination because what is evident now is that this Government is intent on driving us backwards. The problem is we're in the 21st century not midway through the 20th century and we've got all the tools and knowledge to decarbonise our energy system; we simply lack the political will. Modelling by Mason and co. shows that a generation mix comprising 49 percent hydro 23 percent wind 13 percent geothermal 14 percent pumped hydro and 1 percent biomass fuel generation on an installed capacity basis—that's a capacity market—is capable of ensuring security of supply even through the dry years. That's a really simple simple solution. I didn't receive any responses to the questions I posed earlier but we know that there's a much more intelligent way of doing things. The work to ensure climate justice for all requires us to link the cost of living energy hardship and Cyclone Gabrielle recovery. It requires an understanding of how we can use data digitalisation and the internet of things to fully electrify our economy. This Government talks big about the energy transition but is instead turning back the clock to a fossil-dependent future which leaves no future for our youth. It's really impossible to marry the Government's rhetoric on meeting our climate targets and their actions to pursue oil and gas through a fast-track power grab and species extinction. This is not a future we want and I've got to say if we think about how we can manage this energy transition the cheapest power is the power we don't use. That's where we've got to come back to the Energy Hardship Expert Panel's expert report late last year. Their report provided to the Government—which I hope members opposite will all read—has several recommendations. One of them is to strengthen leadership and accountability—so that's energy wellbeing legislation; Government coordination across agencies—and establishing an energy hardship expert advisory group to monitor progress on reducing energy hardship and on insulating our homes and on ensuring that we do better. The second recommendation is to improve the health of the home. So that's to strengthen healthy homes standards expand tenancy support improve housing build standards—so improve the building code. It's not to build to the minimum standard which is the worst house you're legally able to build but to build zero-carbon housing or use an existing healthy homes assessment tool that everyone uses. A third recommendation is to expand energy access and choice. So that's things like social hedges for social retailers very much like the Toast Electric model here in Wellington which survives on the smell of an olive oil rag because it actually doesn't have the security of long-term hedges. But those social retailers enable everyone to remain connected and that will enable bulk deals for social housing. So we could review and monitor pre-pay tariffs fees and disconnections and prioritise energy hardship as an emergency issue. We also need to improve access to energy-efficient appliances. There's so much more we can do. We need to fix the market. We need to enrich data and information. We've unfortunately seen this Government stepping back on the Clean Car Discount—DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member's time has expired. Thank you.