Trask Laura; Pugh MaureenLAURA TRASK (ACT): Thank you Madam Speaker. This Budget lays the foundation of what ACT campaigned for real change. You know travelling up and down the country campaigning there were two key issues that New Zealanders were facing: cost of living and crime. I'm very proud to say that this Budget addresses those things.This Budget is for the change makers of New Zealand those people who wake up before dawn to tend to the farm the people who take a risk to start their own businesses and the parents who send their children off to school expecting a world-class education.My kids were here during the Budget urgency and when I asked them about what they would do in their Budget they said Free ice cream for all kids." Well guess what kids? We've got something better than that; we've got $153.3 million to establish charter schools to give you a real good quality choice when it comes to your education. This Budget brings back charter schools to finally give New Zealand families a real choice when it comes to their education. One size does not always fit all and charter schools will provide the ability for communities to innovate create education facilities that work for their children—Māori Pacific rural; any community you can think of. Communities know what our children need and now we will unlock their ability to do so.Of course the Labour Party revelled when they shut down our charter schools because they believe that the unions and the PPTA know what works for children's education more than the communities of the children in question. I'll listen to the success stories of the children who felt betrayed by the public school system and went on to charter schools and realised their true potential over the PPTA any day.There is $477.6 million to continue the healthy school lunch programme for two years. All of this drama created by the Opposition that we were axing the free lunches for school was just a big ruse. The reality is we were actually saving the programme. The previous Government didn't even budget or forecast for the coming years. It was a fiscal cliff like many that the previous Government left us. Not only is it continuing but it's going to be more efficient and more cost effective.After the many years of economic vandalism committed by the Ardern and Hipkins - led Government we are finally on the right track to empowering our economy once again and supporting Kiwis where it really counts. For the first time in 14 years we have delivered tax relief to hard-working New Zealanders letting Kiwis decide how they spend their own money. Radical isn't it guys? The Labour Party would disagree with this thinking that they know better than Kiwis when it comes to how they spend their money. Well the election results show us that Kiwis are sick of this mind-set. The Government is doing what Kiwi families have been doing tightening our belts. We're cutting the back-office bureaucracy bloat in the public service and we're getting back to the core focus on outcomes for New Zealanders. The ACT Ministers have been finding savings everywhere. Just to name a couple. Internal affairs: the Hon Brooke van Velden saved $421 million eliminating unnecessary programmes and expensive initiatives such as three waters and fair-pay agreements. Oranga Tamariki: the Hon Karen Chhour shifted a focus to front-line staff saving $319.6 million. Education savings: the Hon David Seymour saved $107 million in the school lunch programme. And this is just some of the savings that we have.We are cutting the bureaucracy and red tape across this country removing agricultural emissions from the emissions trading scheme bringing back mortgage interest deductibility because guess what owning a property and renting it is actually a business and you should be entitled to the benefits of running a business opening up education opportunities with charter schools bringing back three strikes and much much more in order to get New Zealand back on the right path.There is $668.7 million to address youth offending including a military-style academy pilot. You know crime has been out of control in New Zealand. In my suburb alone robberies and ram raids have just gone out of control under the last Government. Cashmere Z; the Warehouse Barrington; Mobil St Martins; Hornby Mall; Subway Wigram are just some of the places that have been affected. "Between January 2017 and January 2024 there was a total of 2186 ram raids" Chris Cahill the New Zealand Police Association president was quoted last year as saying in response to youth crime in Christchurch. Police are really struggling to deal with this recidivist group of the most serious offenders. Front-line officers feel hamstrung. Well guess what? Six years of cuddling criminals and playing tag and release is over under this Government.We are calling time on the free ride home after a hard night ram raiding creating harm and destruction within our communities. Serious youth offenders will now be held accountable for repetitive criminal behaviours and our children's Minister the Hon Karen Chhour has done an excellent job in this space. Her announcement on Sunday shows how committed she is to giving our young people the right path and a brighter more productive and more positive future. We will never accept that it is a normal part of New Zealand life to see headlines about children as young as 11 involved in ram raids. In Christchurch there were some kids as young as eight even which is actually quite outrageous.ACT will always go further whether it is spending reduction or tax reduction. However we can say with confidence that this Government's Budget has gone further with ACT as a leader in the team. This Budget is not for the politicians but for you the New Zealanders the change makers who innovate achieve and work tirelessly to build a better life a better country and a better future for New Zealand. So thank you Mr Speaker—Cameron Luxton: Madam Speaker.LAURA TRASK: Madam Speaker sorry.Hon Paul Goldsmith: Mr Speaker—Madam Speaker.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Maureen Pugh): I call the late Hon Paul Goldsmith."