Roberts AngelaANGELA ROBERTS (Labour): Thank you Mr Speaker. I'm very proud to be standing in support of this Wellbeing Budget. We have economists around the world who look to us for our leadership in a just transition and our ability to develop a Wellbeing Budget. It is fairly unique actually globally and people look to us and the way that we can look at our economy more broadly than just GDP output. This is about the wellbeing of our children our young people our businesses actually our economy and our planet. We've had a lot of conversations about all the wonderful things in the Budget and just about every speaker on this side of the House has been able to get up and go But wait there's more."I'm going to focus on a couple of bits that everyone knows are dear to my heart: education and our rural communities. Obviously extending the 20 hours of early childhood education to two-year-olds is critical. It's a double whammy. Not only is it helping with the cost of living for every household that has to pay at the moment for those 20 hours but it frees parents up to make the choice to go back to the workforce or enter the workforce if they choose to do so. We heard from the other side of the House how concerned they are that we need more workers. This helps households businesses and our babies.The other thing that we've heard a lot about us is the scrapping of the prescription co-payment. For those of us who live in small communities this has a profound impact. We really need our community pharmacies to survive and to thrive. They need to know that our communities don't have to wait to go to town once a week and have those big-box pharmacies who can cross-subsidise that $5 subsidy. I need my community pharmacy in my local village to survive. It's really important. We see rural communities and we support them.We've heard a lot about free public transport for our students for our young people and the half-price transport which is great for those of you who have that choice. But you know what's great? And this is the "But wait there's more." We have put in money to make sure that our school bus drivers get the pay rise that they deserve. For those of us who live in rural communities there are 100000 students around the country who rely on the school bus service. Those bus drivers are amazing. They do a split shift. They do long trips sometimes in really dodgy weather and you know some of their passengers can be a little challenging and that $26.4 million over four years is critical. We need to make sure we have a bus service that is what our rural communities need. We see them and we support them.I want to talk about investing in our future with education. Alternative education got a 30 percent increase per student placement.Anna Lorck: Wow.ANGELA ROBERTS: Thirty percent—yeah. You didn't know that did you? There's so much great stuff in this Budget we haven't been able to cover it all. This will impact on more than 2000 of our precious students to re-engage and stay engaged in education—some of our most vulnerable students in our communities.I want to take this opportunity to shout out to Stacey Seyb and her amazing team at a little alternative education centre in Stratford Ngā Wānanga o Māui Pōtiki which means the wānanga of little Māui and I guess it reflects the really positive approach that they take. They value these students in the way that we value Māui. They see them as inventive and creative and possibly a little bit challenging and not easily put into a conventional box. These people are doing amazing things with our most vulnerable students. They uplift them and they set them up for employment and further education. This will help those providers who have done so much with so little for so long to do a little bit more.Finally like most of my colleagues I want to just do another mention of the Apprenticeship Boost. I guess the only thing I want to reflect on here is that when firms are planning and building their workforce they really need certainty and confidence and an apprenticeship isn't for a few weeks; it is for years through thick and thin. We will stand with businesses. This Government is committed to businesses and building a workforce that will ensure a just transition for all of our people. Thank you Mr Speaker."