Robertson GrantGENERAL DEBATEHon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): I move That the House take note of miscellaneous business.Paula Bennett woke up in the weekend to decide that she was the next one to leave the sinking ship and she thought about who to tell first and she scrolled through her address book until she reached the letter t" and she found her options: Tom Todd or Tova. The choice was obvious: a person who had relentlessly been taking the mickey out of her or Tom Sainsbury. So the call was made to Tom and as quick as you can say "A bowl latte and a ham and cheese panini." Tom and Paula were filming a video in their kimonos. Meanwhile Todd carried on in his blissful ignorance. Paula said Todd would not look good in a kimono.The problem is when it comes to Todd Muller the emperor has no kimono because time and time again—Hon Paul Goldsmith: It's a "kimownow".Hon GRANT ROBERTSON: —I think you'll find it's "kimono" in the words of Tom Sainsbury and Paula Bennett. Time and time again we see from Mr Muller a change in position. He has as someone said got the consistency of a bored cat—when the border is closed he wants it open; when the border is open he wants it closed. Time and time again we see the flip-flop the inconsistency and the different positions. The favourite word of Mr Muller is "shambles". Well there's only one shambles here; it's over there: 55:34. And the leaker—because I don't think when Paula Bennett scrolled through her phone she actually did push the Tova button; I think that's somebody else—I think that's somebody else. It could be Pulitzer Prize winning author Christopher Penk—that's who it could be. Or—you've got to be careful of the quiet ones as well—Jian Yang. Very quiet no interview—you've got to be careful of the quiet ones as well. So the emperor has no kimono there is no consistent position there is no leadership. Whereas if we contrast that to this side of the House: on 1 July 2020 we deliver 26 weeks' paid parental leave. I've been in this House long enough to know that many members over there who were very quiet when those questions were being asked today opposed that. They did not believe that New Zealand parents should be able to spend those first six months with their babies. Well I am incredibly proud of that. I also want to join with Iain Lees-Galloway in congratulating our former colleague Sue Moroney but also all of those people who worked so hard for this. We now have two Labour city councillors who were part of that 26 for Babies group Fleur Fitzsimons and Rebecca Matthews who are both in those elected positions today who showed leadership in the community in getting that done.This is also the day on which we see our free apprenticeship programme come in. I want to congratulate my colleague Chris Hipkins on how he has got that up and running today. These are real opportunities for young New Zealanders and older New Zealanders to get the skills that they need. It's not just the construction industry for which we will need many more people after the announcement of $2.6 billion of infrastructure funding today but it is also in areas like community care healthcare and mental health care. These are the areas where we know we need more people training and we know that this Government is the Government that can deliver that.When it comes to those infrastructure projects if I can briefly channel Shane Jones there will be a line-up of desperate National MPs trying to get alongside the announcements in the regions. They might criticise the Rugby Park grandstand in Gisborne but I know that those communities when they see those projects—be it the library in Blenheim be it the roads and infrastructure in Rotorua be it the City Mission in Auckland—know that it's this Government on this side of the House that has their back. We had their back all the way through COVID-19 and this Government led by Jacinda Ardern has the vision for the future; unlike those on the other side leaving the sinking ship one by one by one. I don't know who will be next over there but I can guarantee you this everyone on that side of the House make sure "t" is at the top of your list."