Martin Tracey: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeMartin Tracey: General Debate[Sitting date: 12 August 2015. Volume:707;Page:5716. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]TRACEY MARTIN (NZ First): Kia ora Mr Speaker. It is a wonderful world for some in this country. It is a wonderful world for some. For example if you are one of the people in this country who after taking a profitable organisation and within a 12-month period taking it to a $3 million loss then resigns and gets a payout package it is a great country to be in. It is a great country to be in. No wonder—no wonder—everyday New Zealanders are shaking their heads and trying to look around themselves to see how they can get on in this country that is New Zealand under this National Government when that is the sort of headline we get.I wonder how many of the staff at Lincoln University also shook their heads when they saw Mr West who we understand was escorted from the premises a week before he handed in his resignation. He handed in his resignation but then had a lovely conversation with the council members to make sure—and how did the council members say this—that we manage this in the terms that Andy West wanted to achieve for himself. I wonder how many of the permanent staff who were fired and who had their jobs disestablished and so on and so forth had a conversation as they were ushered out of Lincoln University about how we manage this in terms of what they want to achieve for themselves? And why were they ushered out of Lincoln University? Predominantly because there was a $5 million cash-in-hand amount when Mr West got there and now that Mr West has left there is a $2 million to $3 million deficit on the books.And how did we get to that? Well through some really interesting decisions. But to start with let us go to how Mr West was appointed. Let us go to 26 July 2013 and let us go to a statement by Mr Steven Joyce: “At Lincoln University and the University of Canterbury I am using an unusual number of appointment opportunities to implement a strategy that will encourage collaboration and cooperation across the two councils. This strategy will also strengthen the high-level financial skills available to councils in their deliberations as these institutions recover from the Canterbury earthquakes.” Well that did not work did it? That did not work did it? So there you go: Mr Joyce; a high-level appointment; he is going to make it all right; and Mr West is then appointed not by Mr Joyce agreeably but by people whom he put in place. Then there are some consultancy companies that were established—in April 2013 it looks like—so that they could deliberately get contracts handed out by Mr West in May 2013. And it goes on and it goes on. I do not have the time to go through everything but believe me this will not go away.In the last few minutes I want to talk about Salisbury School. I want to talk about Salisbury School where I was on Monday. This school will be 100 years old and it caters to young women with high high special needs. It went to court in 2012 to stop this Government from closing it down. What has happened to it since? This Government has almost strangled it to death. Four years ago it had 80 students catering for 80 high-needs students in a beautiful environment; an environment that provided excellent teaching one-on-one learning and peace and tranquillity for those students who need it. They boarded there and gave their families respite. How many students does it have now? Nine. How many students will it have next year? Two. Is that because there is no need? No it is because the Intensive Wraparound Service is blocking these students. And how do I know that? I know that because our offices have had to work with students from families that are under extreme pressure—under extreme pressure—because of a philosophy that Lockwood Smith railed against when the Labour Government said that it was going to put it in.So what has happened to the National Government philosophically so that it refuses to support these high-needs female students inside this incredibly intensive environment? We will not stop. We will continue to make sure that the families out there contact our offices and we will fight this Government from shutting down Salisbury School and the special needs that are required for these young women. Kia ora.