O'Connor DamienHon DAMIEN O'CONNOR (Labour—West Coast—Tasman): I am happy to concede a few seconds of wisdom for my colleague Annette King. If ever there was an example of this country desperately needing fresh ideas it was the speech from Judith Collins. This Budget cannot be supported by any sensible sound fair-minded Kiwi and I feel sorry that there are parties in this House—I feel sorry that they have been conned by a belief that this Budget will put New Zealand in a better space because it will not. We cannot support increasing inequity in our society.By every measure internationally New Zealand is at the top of inequality across the world—the US the UK and New Zealand. That is a disgrace for a country that prided itself on egalitarianism on equality of opportunity. Do not ask me ask the former Tory Prime Minister Jim Bolger—even he admitted that the neoliberal politics that he oversaw have gone too far and any growth that came from it went to a few at the top. This Budget simply enforces and endorses and supports that neoliberal blind ideology that this Government has been running. If ever there was an example of how off-track the Government is the Minister for Primary Industries talked about money for irrigation storage—to further confirm that Government members just believe in the trickle-down theory. Government members think if they build big dams the benefits will trickle down to everyone. They will not and there are numerous examples in this Budget like the one that my colleague quoted where a full-time single cleaner on minimum wage gets an extra $11 from tax cuts but loses $10 from the removal of the independent earner tax credit. That is the kind of smoke-and-mirrors Budget that we have seen and the people at the top get opportunities. The accommodation supplement quite frankly will put money straight into the hands of the landlords and the landlords have been honest enough to come out and say that.We have got some major changes here. We have had no real money or initiatives to solve the housing crisis. Even in places like Motueka—there are insufficient houses for the people there. The flow-on from the disaster that is Auckland comes right down through the country and this Government has done nothing to address that terrible situation through this Budget. When the former National Party Prime Minister says it is time to give some power back to the unions I think he too is looking for some fresh ideas—for a rebalance in our economy and our country that will allow hard-working New Zealanders to get a job. I have been going to Federated Farmers meetings around the country and they know that it is time for a change. They know that in spite of all their Tory mates in Government if you go along they know it is time for a change because they know there is no vision there is no strategic direction and agriculture across this country is struggling to know where it is heading. They will get no leadership from the National Government and I have heard that time and time and time again.I would say there are a few facts that shocked the farmers. The Minister over there said that the Government is such a smart manager. The debt in this country has gone from $8 billion in 2000—Government debt $8 billion when we left office in 2008—to $100 billion now. That is what this Government has imposed upon future generations.Dr David Clark: They've borrowed more than Muldoon.Hon DAMIEN O'CONNOR: It has borrowed far more than Muldoon. It has got 200000 temporary workers in this country every year. It has got 47 percent of the private sector economy now in foreign hands. Those are the statistics that farmers understand and what the Government said is: We'll build a few more dams and let trickle-down theory benefit everyone." It does not work like that. Unless you have got a vision for a better future for the people of New Zealand—not just for companies 47 percent of which are overseas-owned but for hard-working Kiwis to know they have got a fair go. Build 100000 more houses. These are the fresh ideas we have got. Put more money into mental health so that the schools do not have problems so that families do not have problems and so we do not have to spend $1 billion on new prisons.We are a party of fresh ideas; we always have been. We have always in Labour Governments provided the change of direction provided the new direction that New Zealand has benefited from and a bunch of Tories come in and ride on our coat-tails. We need a new Government."