Williams PotoPOTO WILLIAMS (Labour—Christchurch East): Just before the dinner break we had the Hon Nicky Wagner deliver her contribution to this appropriations discussion. I was at the time thinking about a quote from George Orwell strangely enough. Her contribution reminded me of this: In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act." I think what that speaks to is that this Budget is about perspective and experience. I think it is kind of like a two-tone or a two phase—there are two worlds in which we live. This Budget may be delivering to one of those worlds but I do not believe that it is delivering to the other.Why I say this and I have often spoken in this House this year about it is that coming back to my office after the summer break—in the first few weeks that we were open in New Brighton we had 80 calls into our office. Most of those calls were about financial hardship and our constituents' inability to actually get support from the Government agency Work and Income. The pushback that happened from the Work and Income office to the MP's office is completely inappropriate because Work and Income is actually set up to support those most vulnerable. Why I bring this up is that when I was thinking about Nicky Wagner's contribution today it was very much reflective of what we are going through in our city. It is a tale of two cities. It is a recovery of two halves in our city. When you go anywhere but the eastern suburbs there is work being done there are playgrounds being built and there are buildings being built. You come out to the eastern suburbs and it is still dusty munted and broken. Our people see ourselves as different as other from the other Cantabrians the other people in Christchurch because this Government actually has a perspective and a pathway for one that is not for all.There is a level of financial hardship in our communities that this Budget does not touch. This Budget actually increases those inequalities that we are experiencing in our community. I have to say as far as I am concerned thank goodness for our community agencies because they are picking up a lot of the response that the Government actually should take responsibility for.In this Budget the tax cuts mean that there are no increases in State and social housing. In this Budget the tax cuts mean that there are no increases in health outcomes. In this Budget the tax cuts mean that we still have kids way too many children in poverty. In this Budget the tax cuts mean that kids with special needs like those with autism cannot access the support they need to be able to go to school and actually lead the fulfilling lives that they deserve.This Budget does increase inequality. There are still too many children in poverty there are still too many people who are homeless and there are still way too many people who are looking to access decent mental health services. There are still too many young people killing themselves.In the appropriations for the community and voluntary sector there are three items I want to highlight. There has been no change to the appropriation to support volunteers through the volunteer centre there has been no change to the appropriation to support community funding through the Community Organisations Grants Scheme and there has been half a million dollars cut from Charities Services which is the organisation that is there to support the capacity- and capability-building of our community sector. If this Government has got a two-phase Budget that does not recognise the people at the bottom and its reliance on the community sector to pick up the tab and is not funding the community sector to actually build its capacity and capability then I actually want to refer to another of George Orwell's sayings as I conclude: "Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable". Thank you."