Halbert ShananSHANAN HALBERT (Labour—Northcote): Thank you Madam Speaker. I like to think that I came from humble beginnings and I apply that same thought process to my politics and the leadership that I show for my community. Budget 2022 creates economic security for now and in the future. Over the past few months in the lead-up to Budget week I've been canvassing my community asking them what matters most post-COVID what matters most to them now what they would like to see from this Government and how they would like us to respond.Simeon Brown: And what they want is a change of Government.SHANAN HALBERT: The first one—they're not saying that Simeon Brown; what they're saying is that they want to see higher investment in health. So we responded with an $11 billion investment in the restructuring of our poor health system and ensuring that everyone has the same equity of health and same access across this country. The second thing they asked for is for this Government to respond to the cost of living and so what we did was enable every individual an additional cost of living payment—$27 each—to help them with the day-to-day costs of the groceries that they need to buy. This looks after my community to ensure that alongside the 1 April payments and the cost of living payment 60 percent of people in my electorate are supported by this Government with the cost of living.Simeon Brown: Oh you just want dependency.SHANAN HALBERT: Now the next one is that they told me—ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): Order! Order! I don't want that at all and can I just say to the member on my left you're about to have your own speech soon.SHANAN HALBERT: You'll have your own speech soon. The third thing that my community told me is that they wanted us to take action ensuring our communities are safe. Since I started and became a member of Parliament for Northcote what my community asked me is to ensure that I had a focus on community policing. They remember the good old days when we had community police engaging with local people and ensuring that they are heard. Under this Budget in 2022 we deliver the largest police force ever. That includes an extra $94 million specifically to target gangs and organised crime in this country. That is important to people that live in Auckland. But I'll go back a couple of steps because we know that on the front line it is important to have good police—good police—responding to the negative activities that are happening in our communities. I look to my colleagues on the North Shore. Across the Waitematā we have increased by over a hundred police officers on the beat since this Government came in—1800 overall. We've met that target of increasing the number of police on the beat and we've met it six months earlier.But what we need to ensure is that we continue to grow and evolve and respond to the things that are in front of us. So I want to speak to the investment that we see in Budget 2022: an increase of community policing in the Kaipātiki and Northcote and on the North Shore—an increase of community policing teams by 20 percent. That's significant for us MPs on the North Shore. We know that our community likes community policing. They want to engage with police directly and know that their issues are heard directly. That increases a full team to 12 led by two sergeants to enable and respond to the issues that are in front of them. It covers off areas including Northcote Takapuna Devonport Sunnynook Glenfield Beach Haven Greenhithe Albany and Browns Bay. That's a 20 percent increase in the number of community police serving our North Shore community and that is significant. We've heard obviously lots around the spike in ram raids across Auckland. My community experienced it before COVID they're experiencing it now and I was honoured to stand alongside the Minister of Police last week as we announced investment in ensuring that our retailers have the right security solutions in front of them to support the day-to-day impacts that they are experiencing.But lastly the main issue in my community is family and domestic violence. That is what is showing in our police reports. That's part of what we need to get on top of and to be very practical and pragmatic about ensuring that we have a response in place. Budget 2022 offers that. We've got to get on top of this and let our communities be safe.