SpeechHon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Minister of Conservation): It's always a delight to speak in this House and particularly after a member of the ACT Party. What that member Nicole McKee just said is that New Zealanders want to grow up and get a good education and get a job. Well that member should be on this side of the House because have I got a story for you: we are currently sitting at 3.4 percent unemployment. Labour is the party of the workers. Labour is the party of people to get them into jobs good jobs and what we are doing is ensuring that we look after workers in decent employment. That is our mantra and I am so glad to lead on from that member on the opposite side of the benches who could have been singing our praises; I think she was.What this Government has done over the course of the past couple of years: well we've had a Prime Minister that has led us through some of the most turbulent times that our generation has ever seen. Two years into a global pandemic and we have had some of the most stable united—good word for the Opposition to learn this week particularly this week. They thought they had a good poll and then oh they still couldn't get united and get themselves over the line—anyway united. We have remained steadfast in the face of adversity.Now as we come past this second year of a global pandemic we also have over on the other side of the world a terrible situation emerging which has flow-through consequences not just in Europe and the surrounding countries around Ukraine and Russia and the like but it has flow-through consequences through the rest of the world.This week we saw this Government do what Governments should: listen to the people. We saw the issues that are emerging across the board and what did we do? We listened. Now the first thing that we could do and do swiftly is that we could make moves to cut 25c a litre off fuel excise and not only that: led here by the Hon Michael Wood we could cut 50 percent off public transport costs because there are people that rely on public transport throughout the country and you get bang for your buck two times there. Not only do we cut the costs to people in the pocket but of course we help address the issues of climate change by getting more and more New Zealanders into public transport and helping shift behaviour. This is a Government that has really prioritised the lifting of incomes and tackling the cost of living since 2017. Now in a couple of weeks on 1 April we are going to see 110000 beneficiaries with children—they will be better off by $175 per week increasing to $207 per week during the 2022 winter period and 363000 beneficiaries will be better off on average by about $109 per week increasing to $133 per week during the winter period when the energy incentives kick in.We have worked really hard to lift wages here in Aotearoa. A new nurse is paid over $10000 more per year than what they were in 2017 when the other side of the House left the Treasury benches and experienced nurses are paid $16000 more than what they were in 2017. A new police officer today compared to when the other side left this side of the House—they're paid $12000 more per year. This side of the House is focused on increasing incomes and reducing costs for families and this is legacy stuff that we're building on—legacy stuff that dates back to the days of Sir Michael Cullen who introduced family packages. We've increased those and we've wrapped around them by providing targeted assistance to low and middle income families with kids. The Families Package has benefited 330000 families in its first year and the winter energy payment provides additional support to a million New Zealanders every single winter. At a time when we know that costs are hitting their pockets and it's happening across the world this side of the House has our people at its centre. Tēnā koe Mr Speaker.