Muller Todd; Tisch LindsayTODD MULLER (National—Bay of Plenty): On Sunday afternoon I was having a coffee at Henry & Ted in Papamoa when in the space of 5 minutes three separate people whom I had not met in my electorate before—I did not know them—came up to me and offered their personal congratulations on the Budget we handed down last week. That was reinforced by the afternoon of doorknocking that followed. The feedback consistently was that this was a Budget that has genuinely delivered for many many people in this country. Firstly I will talk about the economic platform. That has not really been covered in the debate I have heard thus far this afternoon. We have a GDP growth average for the next 5 years of 3.1 percent. It has been many many years since any Government has been able to stand in this House and project that degree of economic stability and performance based on what we have achieved over the last few years and it is a credit to this Government and its prudent financial management. In the last 3 years 200000 jobs have been created with another 215000 over the next 4 years. We have low employment. It has dropped to just over 4 percent. We have one of the highest participation rates in the OECD. In my community this is not aspirational rhetoric; this is real. On Wednesday the Bay of Plenty Times covered the establishment of the Rangiuru Business Park one of the largest in the country with an expectation that that will need another 4000 jobs over the next 3 years. On Monday the Bay of Plenty Times highlighted that when you look at the current state of activity and the projection of that activity over the next 3 years local businesses across a number of sectors have pointed to a need for a further 6850 jobs in Tauranga in the Western Bay over the next 3 years. These are real jobs and real impacts on people and families and it is happening in my community and I am proud to be part of a Government that is doing its part—only its part; it is a much wider connected New Zealand effort but we are playing our part in making that happen. That of course needs a whole lot of infrastructure investment to continue to support that degree of activity. The numbers that we announced last week quite frankly are staggering. There is an additional $4 billion over the next year but $32.5 billion over the next 4 years. These numbers just roll off the tongue at one level but when you actually look at the scale of the investment that is planned in this country over the next 4 years—roads rail hospitals schools—we have not seen the likes of this building programme for a generation. This is Think Big in its relative context. If you look at the amount that was spent in a capital context back then for the size of the economy $32 billion of investment in underpinning infrastructure is of a similar scale and it should be acknowledged. I would like to talk about the people and my very good friend and colleague Alfred Ngaro spoke very passionately about the reality of what this means for individual families. I would like to talk a little bit about the $2 billion Family Incomes Package and what it means for Tauranga. Take for example a Bay of Plenty family a family living in Tauranga with three kids renting for $520 a week and the family brings in around $70000 a year. Their tax reduces by $20 per week. Their Working for Families increases by $40 per week. The accommodation supplement increases by over $100 a week. That is a real difference for that family and it deserves to be acknowledged not shouted down in opprobrium. It deserves to be acknowledged. Nanaia Mahuta mentioned earlier that this debate should be beyond ideology but with respect when a Budget hands down an impact for a family in my electorate that is $160 in the hand more than what they have now that is real that is changing them and it deserves to be acknowledged. For a single mum with two kids on $55000 paying $520 a week tax is down by $20 a week Working for Families is up $20 a week and the accommodation supplement is up well over $100 a week. Why? Because Tauranga and the surrounds of that city have moved from the lower area of support to area No. 1 so the highest amount of accommodation supplement is now on the table for my community. These are significant impacts and it is why I can stand here with huge pride around how we have managed the economy over the last 8 years. As Alfred Ngaro said we have focused on working with and for families and now on the basis of a strong economic platform we can assist more and more families. Last year we lifted benefits for the first time in 40 years. This year it is $2 billion for those who most need it. Next year I am sure that the National Government with its economic focus will deliver even more. Thank you.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Lindsay Tisch): I call Alastair Scott—5 minutes.