Andersen GinnyHon GINNY ANDERSEN (Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications): Thank you very much Madam Speaker. Talofa lava. Look I'd like to talk about all the good things that are in this Budget—all the good things that New Zealanders have to look forward to—during a tough time for Kiwis who have had a tough time with the cost of living. There are the small changes that look to make a big difference for New Zealand both in the here and now but also for the long term. When I picked up the esteemed publication known as the Wainuiomata News I saw Clive the Happy Chemist" and do you know what? Clive is even more happy now because scrapping that $5 co-payment will mean a big difference for communities in Wainuiōmata. Ron Chin the chemist right next door in the Wainuiōmata Pharmacy agrees. Some of the reasons that they provide in this esteemed publication are really good to relay and I'm going to relay some of those reasons that our local pharmacists back having this co-payment scrapped. The number one reason they say is that it improves the health and the wellbeing of people in their community. For those people who don't pick up their scripts because they can't afford it that actually goes towards and contributes to higher rates of strokes higher rates of heart attacks sight loss and mental health instances and episodes that don't need to have happened. A report from the Independent Community Pharmacy Group out this month which both of these pharmacists referred to says that all of those negative health outcomes in our community are driven largely by that co-payment being in place which prevents people from picking up their scripts. The other big point that they make in the Wainuiomata News is that it stops people from going into secondary care—into our hospitals. By having all of those good medicines available—freely available—for people to utilise it stops small problems becoming big problems and the really sad thing is that National proposes to scrap it. National proposes to take it away and go back to a time when all of those negative health outcomes were being driven higher because of the fact that there was that co-payment in place. I don't want Clive the "Happy Chemist" to be unhappy. I want him to stay happy. He does a great job for our community. We deserve to give those local community workers all the support they get to have those great relationships with local people and to understand their clients to help them make sure that they get the right medical treatment as early as possible and that's what this Budget delivers. My second point—I was going to do three but I think I'm out of time so I'll go straight to the amazing game development rebate which is at the other end of the scale. This is looking to our long term. This is enabling us to be the smart nimble and really creative little country that we are by making sure that we back these small gaming industries. By having the 20 percent rebate we will keep those companies here in New Zealand and we will make sure we have jobs for our kids that they can aspire to grow into. I've visited PikPok I've visited CerebralFix in Christchurch and on Friday I'll be down in Dunedin with the Prime Minister to meet more of those local gaming industries—along with Ingrid Leary—and look all of those ones that we visit say how important it is to back this industry. I mean PikPok for example develop amazing stuff. They're one of the big leaders in game development on phones and apps and they've got a new one out that those members opposite might want to take note of and download. It's called Clusterduck. You can breed ducks and you go check it out. It's a great game and it's doing very well. Clusterduck is doing very well for PikPok and you might want to check that out I say to those members opposite. It's great—it's a good game. So what does that do for our young people? It means that we've got creative people who think outside the square having jobs here in New Zealand and it means that we have an industry that's generating a lot of money not just in our own country but also overseas. Some of those big exports offshore are really driven by having the backing of Government in this space. We knew for a fact that Australia was coming here and headhunting some of our key developers and that's why it was important to keep them right here. We want weightless exports. We want a high-skill low-wage economy and we—a high-skill high-wage economy and making sure that we do—Hon David Bennett: And a "low-wage economy".Hon GINNY ANDERSEN: No what National wants is low wages; we're the opposite Mr Bennett. We want high wages and we want to make sure we keep emissions down by having smart schemes like this to make sure that our young people have opportunity and that our Kiwi businesses that are innovative get the backing they need to thrive and grow and to make sure that we have a strong economy that gives our young people huge opportunities. This is a great Budget and I look forward to all of the further opportunities that it brings New Zealand."