Young JonathanJONATHAN YOUNG (National—New Plymouth): Under this John Key - led Government children are starting school better prepared to learn and are leaving school better qualified to earn. We are getting it right. We are seeing the results of young people getting higher levels of attainment and achievement and we are seeing results that are the best ever achieved by our students. As the Hon Hekia Parata said congratulations not only to the students but to the teachers the principals and the parents. There will be parents right throughout this country right now who are absolutely stoked absolutely thrilled and absolutely feeling as if this Government is making something work for them and their families. That is a very very important thing. This is great for New Zealand. We need an emerging workforce that understands what it is to face challenge to work hard to persevere and to succeed. Passing National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) level 1 level 2 and level 3 is all of that. It is not just about the content and having a fact file. It is about developing personal tools of discipline and perseverance personal tools of learning and being able to become educated and engaged in the bigger world that is outside the doors of the school. The OECD Policy Forum on the Future of Work which I know members opposite highly revere says that the world is in flux as a result of digitisation and the development of the digital economy. We all understand that but the future of work is today—it is today. It is people who today are leaving places of training needing to find employment. What we can say from this side of the House is that we have been focused on that. We have wanted to build a great foundation for companies to prosper and succeed. We are wanting to have very high-quality international agreements where we can have greater opportunities for export and those export companies can flourish and also they can employ more New Zealanders. Two hundred and eighty jobs are being created a day—that is what is happening in our country today. These are graduates from tertiary institutions and from high schools who are leaving their training going out there and seeking employment. We want to have a workforce that is highly skilled and earns a good wage. We are seeing this happen here in this country. We have got this trend happening. Here in New Zealand we cannot swim against the trend against the current. We have to continue as a modern economy to adapt and change and be adaptable. One of the things that we have done in this last number of years is make sure that we are able to engage digitally not only across our nation but across the world with our ultra-fast broadband. Right now 1.2 million New Zealanders have the opportunity to connect and many of them are doing studies and transacting business across this amazing network. We have made sure that our schools and hospitals have been online first. It is a great thing to do and a great thing to see. The proportion of 18-year-olds achieving NCEA level 2 qualifications has increased. Four years ago it was 74 percent; today it is 84 percent. That is a phenomenal increase. That is phenomenal. You would not find anybody in the country saying that that is not a good thing. Even across the House those members' muted silence is an agreement that this is a good thing—84 percent—they will not stand up. [Interruption] So you are going to say that is a bad thing—84 percent. Since this Government took office in 2008 level 2 achievement rates have risen as Todd McClay said by nearly 17 percent. That is phenomenal. What we have seen is 200000 jobs being created and another 170000 in the next 3 years. We know that Treasury is forecasting 3.2 percent and 2.8 percent increases in terms of economic growth in this country. This place is in a really good shape. It is great that in the midst of all of this we are even seeing crime rates come down. Is it not amazing that we are seeing youth crime come down nearly 40 percent? That is a great indication that young people are finding a future that is positive that is engaging and that is bringing them into employment and bringing them into a future. I think that is a marvellous thing. When you look at this Government at what we have done around 100000 families with children are financially better off with a real increase in benefit rates for the first time since 1972. That is a great thing.