Sabin Mike: Land Transport Amendment Bill (No 2) Road User Charges Amendment Bill — Third ReadingsText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeSabin Mike: Land Transport Amendment Bill (No 2) Road User Charges Amendment Bill — Third Readings[Sitting date: 17 April 2014. Volume:698;Page:17472. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MIKE SABIN (National—Northland): That was an excellent speech for the National party vote in Northland. I will take the speech of Julie Anne Genter and email it far and wide because it is a very very good demonstration as to why the Greens are ranked absolutely nowhere on the political platform. If the member had done her homework she would know that $800 million of the Northland economy travels down State Highway 1 and out of the Northland district. If the member had done her homework she would also know how in Northland the idea of relieving congestion by building footpaths so that children can walk and cycle to school more safely is not going to help someone fromPawarenga get to school inKaitāia. Does the member even know where I am talking about? No because the member has no idea about Northland.I am going to make a once and once only special offer to Julie Anne Genter. I am going to build a little soapbox—I will even paint it green—for the member to go andstand on in Northland to talk about the “Holiday Highway” and how they want to get rid of it because everyone in Northland knows that it is a trade and economic highway. When this National Government fast-tracked that motorway what did they do in Northland? What they did in Northland was that everyone stood up and said “Fantastic.” Why? It is not just about safety and about the economy of that road in terms of the costs saved and the efficiencies created it is also because what that says to the people of Northland is that Northland matters and Northland is a place that this Government values and wants to ensure that the infrastructure exists for the economy of Northland to realise its true potential.During the economic summits I ran in 2012 the No. 1 piece of infrastructure that Northland wanted to see happen—and that was everywhere from Whangarei toKaitāia from Kaipara through to the Bay of Islands—was thePūhoi to Wellsford motorway. That says something. The reality is that if that member took herself out of the bustling city for a moment and came to Northland to stand on the soapbox that I am happy to provide for her she would actually find that out.In the real world the philosophical ideology that the Greens think—that everyone can unicycle their logs to market—is just an absolute load of tripe and probably why Roy Morgan Research has them on 11.5 percent today. It is probably why Roy Morgan has them on 11.5 percent. It is not because Labour has rocketed up because it is down to around 28-point-something. That is a little more than we had Labour on in our internal polling with Mr Robertson of course at around 26 percent. I wonder what conversations will be had with Mr Cunliffe now.Anyway I must wind this up because our very fine senior whip has just given me the old fine whip nod. In any event this is very good legislation because tractors and road-user charges matter. The way that this Government provides pragmatic solutions for the people who actually create the economy that this country relies on is what the Land Transport Amendment Bill (No 2) and the Road User Charges Amendment Bill are about. It is excellent work from Gerry Brownlee and I am happy to commend it.