Watts SimonSIMON WATTS (National—North Shore): Well tomorrow is Budget day and the accountants could not be happier. But I must say sadly for Kiwis out there there's not too much to be excited about. We're debating in the House today as out there in New Zealand Kiwis are facing an economic crisis—a cost of living crisis with economic challenges that are impacting the hardest-working Kiwis. I want my kids to grow up in a New Zealand with a stable economic future but right now New Zealand is a place that is going in the completely opposite direction.The Budget that Kiwis need tomorrow is one that deals with the cost of living crisis prioritises the squeezed middle and makes sure that those Kiwis get the support they need. When National left office we left the books in a state whereby there were going to be surpluses for successive years but under this Government Minister Robertson is not going to get our books back into the black until 2025 and what this means for Kiwis—it's an absolute fact—is that they are going to be saddled with a huge burden of debt that is going to have to be paid back over generations and generations. I tell you what: that is not fair for my kids or my grandchildren.And it isn't just the balance sheets of the Government that we need to be concerned about. We need to also be thinking about the balance sheets of hard-working Kiwis out there because last week it was announced that food prices had gone up nearly 8 percent year on year—that's significant cost increases for Kiwis at home. Don't even mention the cost of fuel in Auckland and other places—it is over $3 a litre. Lastly the inflation element that we're seeing is going to mean that Kiwis are going backwards under this Government. We need more focus on fiscal discipline and making sure that every cent the Government spends is getting the outcome and is delivering results. We need to stop the massive inflationary pressure of spending when there are no outcomes.Families and communities across the country are finding it very hard to get ahead under this Government and yet they are seeing wasteful spending in all areas and a Government that fails to deliver. ASB Bank predicted that New Zealand households will face an increase in costs of $150 a week. That is the reality of a cost of living crisis in this country. In local government we saw last week the Government spending $34 million on the failed three waters reforms. It's trying to sell those failed reforms with an advertising spend but hasn't put one single metre of pipe in the ground to deal with the waste water and stormwater infrastructure. And while that's great news for PR consultants who get to pay off their mortgage early courtesy of Nanaia Mahuta introducing reforms that are so poorly planned and spending money and wasting money around advertising brings no value to Kiwis. I expect that we're going to see even more of that in tomorrow's Budget—more spin no delivery. To me three waters represents the attitude of this Government. They have ignored the alternative models. They have ignored the feedback from organisations like Communities 4 Local Democracy and they are not willing to listen to hard-working Kiwis in our councils and our communities. And today we hear that councils are considering withdrawing from Local Government New Zealand and withdrawing their membership in parts of this country. That is an indictment on reforms that have failed.I live in the most beautiful electorate in this country the North Shore and I'm very humble to be the member of Parliament for that electorate. North Shore people work very hard and I see unlimited potential for the people of the North Shore and the people of Auckland. But this Government has failed to deliver much-needed infrastructure in that part of the country. We are seeing businesses in our communities facing nightly ram raids increasing crime and that is impacting hard-working families across my electorate. Those families are going backwards under this Government. New Zealand and the North Shore are great places to live but they can be better and unlike this Government National has ambition for this country. Under National we'll get this country back on track. We need to restore fiscal discipline that emphasises outcomes and doesn't just throw money at something. We need a Government that puts struggling Kiwis at the heart of the Budget not inflationary spending and not failed reforms like three waters.