Bridges Simon; Mallard TrevorHon SIMON BRIDGES (Leader of the Opposition): Every day of the week I wake in the morning and I think to myself Surely this Government can't be any more chaotic today? Surely it cannot be as bad as the last day of chaos of shambles—the last day the last week the last month?" Actually the last few months we've seen that every single day it is. That's right; every single day. It's not one issue it's not two issues it's not three issues it's not four issues; they're an omnishambles. Every single day it's dysfunction junction.Winston Peters had it right about this shambles of a Government. Every single day it's "Which Minister's going to resign or be sacked?" Every single day I wake up: "What wacky thing will Winston Peters say on Radio New Zealand this morning? What's he going to say?" Every single day it's: "Has the Government spent tens of millions of dollars on yet another inquiry on yet another working group on yet another pointless talkfest?" And every single day basically—actually it's every second day—they have. It's "yes" to all of these questions and they've piled more costs and more taxes on ordinary Kiwis on working families and businesses every single day. Every day I think Grant Robertson wakes up and says "What industry can I ban today? What virtue signalling can I do today?" That's the Government we've got every day every week every month. It is an omnishambles and they know it.Hon Kris Faafoi: Ha ha!Hon SIMON BRIDGES: Kris Faafoi knows it. He knows it's his main chance at Cabinet because he knows that once a week there's going to be a new Minister going. That's his chance. He's laughing in guilt. He's saying to himself "I shouldn't be thinking that but I know it's true. It's my opportunity. It's my opportunity." Clare Curran. Meka Whaitiri. Billions of dollars in this economy lost from banning things all the time. Education summits—two of them $1.5 million a pop. You'd think you'd get a discount on the second one. A justice summit—$1.5 million for croissants. You name it they're doing it. It's stupid. It's an omnishambles. It's dysfunction junction; Winston Peters had it right. And all the while Kiwis all around New Zealand are being hit in their back pockets with more taxes and more costs to pay for this Government's incredibly wasteful spending.Just take the last 24 hours. What were the headlines? I could give you 20. "Days out from tax increase petrol prices hit fresh record high"—$2.40—shame! Shame on this Government. "NZ weekly rent hits a record high in August"—$480—an all-time high. Shame on this Government. "Rising fuel prices are not the only thing making life in New Zealand more expensive": "The cost of living" says the columnist "is rising before our eyes." and across the board. "Fuel rent insurance rates electricity cigarettes and food;"—here's what he says—"they're all increasing in price … as a direct result of Government policy." That's what they said and it is all so that the party across the board there can increase prices and can feed the beast of this Government with wasteful spending. Three billion dollars for Shane Jones to sprinkle around. What a waste of money. What pork-barrel politics. A billion dollars so Winston Peters can be carried high as "Chief Walla Walla" in the Islands. Fees-free: $2.8 billion. Talkfests working groups inquiries at over $200 million.If we have the privilege of being Government if National has that privilege at the next election we will have a positive plan for change. We'll reverse the employment laws. We'll cancel the disastrous oil and gas decision. We'll change the overseas investment changes that have been made. We will cancel the regional fuel tax. We'll make sure there's no capital gains tax on New Zealanders and we'll do more—SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired.Hon Kris Faafoi: Mr Speaker. [Interruption]SPEAKER: Just wait. I'm sure the member appreciates the support but I'd like to hear his speech."