Davidson MaramaHon MARAMA DAVIDSON (Co-Leader—Green): We've just heard a speech from the National member Maureen Pugh which makes it quite blatantly clear why the Greens—[Knocks glass over] No I support fresh clean water for everyone—which is why this environmental fast-track bill must not go ahead.The speech that we've just heard makes it really clear that this is New Zealand's most anti-environment Government in decades continuing to play off the wellbeing of our people and our beaches our bushes our ocean and our soil health for living a decent life. We can actually and should actually understand that protecting the integrity of our environment is key to us living decent quality enjoyable lives. This Government is so restricted in its view and its understanding that the only way we can have a good life is if we trash everything that makes us us—if we trash our soil our ocean beds our moana our quality of water our lakes our air and our democracy which is what is being proposed in the fast-track bill.It's not just a trashing of the environment; it's a trashing of the very democratic functions that we would hope this Government is holding up. Instead this Government is proposing to concentrate power in an unprecedented way—into the hands of three Ministers—yet they're trying to make it look like they're going to have some level of independent consideration with some pretend panels that are going to have some sort of opinion. But the final power rests with three Ministers. Now which Ministers? Not an environment Minister not a conservation Minister and not even a health Minister for proposals that are up for grabs on things like toxic and hazardous waste when environmental and local authorities have already declared that there is too much of a risk to human health. None of those Ministers will have any consideration in the final decision-making power. Instead it is simply infrastructure transport—what's the other one there? I've got—Hon James Shaw: Regional development.Hon MARAMA DAVIDSON: Regional development. None of the environment conservation or human health considerations are included in this massive concentration of unprecedented power to Ministers—wow! This Government is just saying the quiet naughty bit right out loud now. They're just saying quite clearly—we heard it in the speech from the previous speaker just now. We just heard them say Mining is the only way we are going to enjoy life as we know it." What limited and under-ambitious thinking is that that cannot see the irreparable harm—it's short-term thinking—that can come from the slaying of our precious wild places. It is such short-term thinking when we actually have what we need in Aotearoa to ensure that we can all enjoy good lives and have the housing and income and education and health that we need and can fund if we just would simply not have to scramble looking for tax cuts for rich wealthy people and landlords. We could actually instead have well-funded public services and ensure that everyone is having a good life. But no the answer is mining and taking school lunches off tamariki. No—that is shameful that is short term and that is not even creative or imaginative. That's really old—it's fossil thinking. It's fossil thinking and it is not forward thinking at all. We know that the rangatahi and the communities are standing up around the country. They are where our solutions are lying. They can see that the protection and conservation of Tiriti rights of iwi hapū and mana whenua making sure our local communities and experts are discussing and are part of decisions about what we do and don't fund when it comes to consenting and fast-track proposals—those are where the decision makers are. Those are where the inspirational leaders are. They know that actually our long-term health and wellbeing and quality of life relies on us being able to drink the blinking water—for crying out loud!—and being able to fish kai moana from our harbours and seas for crying out loud! They can see where our longevity and endurance lie and it's not with fast-track proposals."