Lee MelissaMELISSA LEE (National): Thank you Mr Speaker. It is really interesting listening to the speeches that were made by Government members. It's quite interesting to note that when a Government talks about being kind and nice and you know sometimes their characterisation of members opposite are really uncharitable and unkind and quite nasty sometimes. I have to say I'm rather disappointed in some of the speeches. I won't go into that but I will actually talk about what this Government is not delivering.A crisis not talked about by this Government is actually the growing threat of cyber-security in New Zealand. From ransomware attacks on our largest commercial enterprises to scammers stealing money from the bank accounts of elderly New Zealanders it is something that we must talk about. We must do more to combat the malicious threat of cyber-security to all New Zealanders. As I rise to speak today members may be aware that globally Microsoft Salesforce and other major digital platforms are facing significant outages. Certainly there will be significant questions as to the impact that will have on operations not only to New Zealand but in other countries as well not just to Government but also companies regardless of whether a cyber-security question has actually arisen for New Zealand consumers.Over the past year there have been countless examples of failures by our own Crown institutions; one of them happens to be the Reserve Bank. The data breach in January—I mean the reputational damage internationally was avoidable and it is shocking that the Governor of the Reserve Bank has failed to take full responsibility for that data breach. The loss over the summer of deeply sensitive personal information by parole officers of three dozen individuals whether victims witnesses or offenders alike is an aberration of the principles of justice. The cyber-security incident at the Health Research Council at a time where our health systems are under the constant strain and threat of the pandemic returning to our shores was not acceptable. More must be done about this. This in particular has meant that the very information required for the Health Research Council's annual report was lost and that actually resulted in the fact that our Parliament was not able to scrutinise them in the annual review process and that is a shame. That is something that this Government should have made sure that we could have actually done and it is a failure.Democracy is directly at risk without robust cyber-security plans. A lack of cyber-protection by any Crown entity is an affront to the taxpayer an affront to democracy. The reason I say this is because more and more we rely on technology more and more we rely on the internet more and more people are doing education banking health all online. Since December when the House resumed for the 53rd Parliament I have been constantly agitating and arguing for more accountability and cyber-resilience from the Ministers and institutions. The Ministers opposite I'm sure would actually notice at least 650 parliamentary written questions that I have lodged so far on this specific subject matter. But we don't seem to get too many answers and it seems like the Ministers and Government departments don't seem to be too interested in this subject matter and yet it impacts on our lives so much so.We are at a crossroads in history for the security of our cyber border and our data. If the Australian Government and the Prime Minister of Australia can spend $1.6 billion on cyber-security uplift during the pandemic we could do much better than what we are doing. New Zealand must do better. More money more education more resilience is essential. More accountability is vital.