Yule Lawrence; Martin TraceyLAWRENCE YULE (National—Tukituki): I rise to take a call on this and I say respectfully to the front bench I'm only going to limit my call to something quite specific. Actually I feel quite strongly about this: a week before Christmas under urgency you seek to pass a bill that will actually be majorly detrimental to 700000 superannuitants in New Zealand without even a mention of it. [Interruption] No no. Let me go through the Hon Mr Robertson.Under National superannuitants in New Zealand were going to benefit by $676 a year. Under your winter energy package—and that's from 1 July next year—they will only get $265. They are now going to be $411 less well-off than they were from today. It's in the paper here. That's what it says. So while you talk about 388000 families being better off and that's a lauded goal actually on the other side you are disadvantaging—[Interruption] On the other side the Government is disadvantaging 710000 people on superannuation a week before Christmas—a week before Christmas.I also note to New Zealand First who are part of this coalition and the Hon Tracey Martin who is the bastion for superannuitants with the gold card you're actually ripping them off a week before Christmas without them knowing. So when you talk about these changes—to the Minister of Finance when you talk about these changes I wonder why you have made it so complicated.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): Can I remind the member not to bring the Speaker into the debate. Refrain from the use of the word you".LAWRENCE YULE: Thank you. The coalition arrangement has brought in a winter energy package when actually I can see next year that about a whole heap of people will be going offshore. Companies like Air New Zealand and House of Travel will say: give me your trip to the Gold Coast funded by the winter energy package. It will become the winter holiday package for some people because this is so untargeted unfair and actually what it will end up meaning is you've got a farce of a scheme. For the life of me I cannot understand why you don't simply put the same amount into super because you're calling it a winter energy package yet it is not targeted. You can spend it on anything.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): Can I remind the member—LAWRENCE YULE: My apologies Madam Assistant Speaker. The Government is calling this a winter energy package but actually it really is a package that is available to all. It is available to people who are superannuitants and to those who are on the benefit. It is available to all. There is no guarantee it will be used for anything towards winter energy. It can be used for anything.So whether you live in the winterless north as the honourable member across the House does—does he need as much winter energy as somebody living in Invercargill or Otago? No. But you have made it universal across the whole country. I believe this part of the bill is very unfair on some of our most vulnerable people who are superannuitants. They have no idea this is happening. And you are bringing it out a week before Christmas—a big package for families but actually for 700000-odd people you are taking around $400 off what they would have got from 1 July next year.I want this coalition Government to actually own up to that. I've read the documentation. I've read it all here—[Interruption] The Hon Tracey Martin yes you're getting exercised over there. Maybe I struck a nerve. Maybe I struck a nerve a week before Christmas that you are as one of the parties that strongly supports superannuitants—you're actually ripping them off.Hon TRACEY MARTIN (Minister for Children): I raise a point of order Madam Speaker. He cannot keep saying that you are ripping New Zealanders off.The ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Poto Williams): That's exactly right. Thank you very much for that intervention. I remind the member. Thank you."