Strange JamieJAMIE STRANGE (Labour): Thank you Mr Chair. Like my colleague I rise for the second time to speak and for the first time with you in the Chair and I'd like to congratulate you on becoming Assistant Speaker. We've known each other for a number of years and it's a well-deserved role.This bill is an example of a forward-thinking progressive Government. The Electronic Interactions Reform Bill is an omnibus bill.Jami-Lee Ross: We wrote it.JAMIE STRANGE: Well you won't speak about it and I expect that when I check my phone or my emails I'll have hundreds of emails from constituents saying Why didn't we hear from the National Party?" I do have to look at young Simeon Brown there who is someone who I'm sure understands modern technology Simeon. It would be nice to hear from the member but we'll see how we go there.Look I'd like to begin by also paying homage to the fax machine. It certainly has been singled out during this debate. In defence of the fax machine I know we do have a few in Parliament here. It's actually quite interesting. I asked my executive assistant (EA) to send a fax—Simeon Brown: Have you got one? Do you have a fax machine Jamie?JAMIE STRANGE: I do not have a fax machine myself but I asked my EA to send a fax only two days ago. She hunted around the Parliament Buildings until she finally found a machine but then unfortunately the machine was broken. But that's OK.There is a place for all types of technology but the reason I said that we are a forward-thinking progressive Government is because this bill is talking about how we can use technology for people to engage. If we look at clause 44 it says: "A person may appear before the Commission … by audio link or audiovisual link if the Commission and the person agree." It goes on to define "audio link" and "audiovisual link" and gives various examples. Now the key here is around access. It's about people having access to each other.On the weekend I played in a sports tournament. I had not done any exercise for a long time and unfortunately my legs—I could barely walk on Monday. And I was limited in my access. If I had to meet before a commission it would have been difficult. But it is important to have these modern technologies available. Access is defined as the means or opportunity to approach or enter a place. I'm excited that in this bill here we are talking about increasing access for people. It's about equal opportunity which I know is something that the Opposition members agree with. Now the members on the other side have been asking for access to a certain document which is called the coalition document for a few weeks here. I would just like to give the members some advice: maybe you could try faxing a request for the document. I don't know how you might get on there. But just in terms of access though because it does relate to this point there are three things in the coalition document.Jami-Lee Ross: Careful. Iain's getting a bit worried.JAMIE STRANGE: There are three things in the coalition document that I'm sure I will be at liberty to say and that's number one fine weather until Christmas; number two the New Zealand cricket team will win; and number three expect the National Party to refuse to debate bills in the House. So look hopefully we do hear from the members on the other side. It would be nice to hear from them and hopefully we do.My final point I would also like to just mention is around emails. Certainly most of us have a number of email addresses and a number of them are what we would call defunct because we don't check them. In my calculation I've got my current Parliament one I've got two Gmails a Hotmail an Xtra and I think I've even got an Actrix email and that's going back a long time. But it's important that people do check their emails because otherwise you could miss out on important financial investment opportunities that come from various countries of the world via email.So look in summary it's absolutely fantastic to stand in support of this Part 3 here. A forward-thinking progressive Government thinking of ways we can engage thinking of ways we can improve access for members. Thank you."