Jones Shane: Taxation (KiwiSaver and Company Tax RateAmendments) Bill — Second Reading In Committee Third Reading 
Jones Shane: Taxation (KiwiSaver and Company Tax RateAmendments) Bill — Second Reading In Committee Third Reading 
[Volume:639;Page:9492] 
SHANE JONES (Labour) 
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Tena koe Madam Assistant Speaker. The New Zealand Army has a great deal to answer for. It having consigned that member Heather Roy to latrine duty unfortunately we are left with the results—if that speech is any indication as to what she thinks about New Zealanders and how her powers of analysis are being applied to this Budget. There was not a single charitable thing to be said for our old people—no nothing whatsoever. Yet she exists by dint of the work that Rodney Hide—unfortunately for the people of Epsom—is endeavouring to do with the old people. 
For New Zealanders this Budget signals that Te Ao Marama has arrived. Not only do we have ongoing investment in social infrastructure physical capital and human capital but we have taken the time to address those problems that have been overlooked for far too long. 
I say in response to Heather Roy—with such a dreadful vacuous irrelevant sleep-inducing speech—that it is no wonder that the ACT party is now—[ 
Interruption 
] Oh OK. I can hear Mr Bennett who is described by the people in Hamilton as the Borat of the National Party without the looks or the intellect. The sooner he goes back to the rear end of the Ayrshire cow the better. 
I will return to Heather Roy. She cannot come to the Chamber and not acknowledge that this Budget not only contributes to those who offer care to our aged population but deals with the upcoming major change in our demography: the ageing nature of our population. Through KiwiSaver the Budget represents a brilliant opportunity for us as a nation to lay down something that will comprise a legacy. We will look back—as we now look back at Lange’s time to the very visionary approach that that Government took to seek to redress historical grievances—at this time and this Budget will rank alongside the stupendously visionary long-term approach Labour had on antinuclear policy. This will be the pro-savings time. 
To all Kiwis in Aotearoa Te Ao Marama has arrived. This is the time when Kiwis do not have to worry about the whanau having to pay too much for student loans. The Government has taken care of that one. Neither do Kiwis need to worry about feelings of insecurity about savings. The Government has addressed that. 
We have had some unfortunate and predictable misinformation coming from the Leader of the Opposition and the deputy leader of the Opposition who were getting their mathematics wrong. They do not like the fact that key advisers from PricewaterhouseCoopers came out this morning singing the praises of this Budget. That possibly does not please all members on this side of the House but they are prepared to advise both parties. Those advisers have identified that the 15 percent option for businesses to claim in order to drive research and development probably goes beyond anyone’s expectations in relation to generosity. 
Some of the keen observers of politics today are saying that this is a triple A Budget. We have heard from the international entities who appraise the creditworthiness and robustness of nations. They have not been able to catch their breath at the pace with which they have raced into the media to uphold the credentials and the principles underlying this Budget. 
We return to our core supporters: families. There is a ridiculous level of prattle coming from the other side of the House that those who are on lowish incomes have been forgotten about. Obviously those members are either afraid or unwilling to acknowledge the contribution of Working for Families which has delivered cash flow back into those families. 
In addition the Opposition does not like that all the heavy hitters in the business sector and enterprise sector are wiping their brows almost with disbelief that this Government has been able to achieve social infrastructure development and brilliant fiscal stewardship and with that the ability to invest in our economic estate. The Government has all the bases covered. 
The only base however that has been led astray continuously is that led astray by our colleagues from the Maori Party in our Maori world. It is not good. They come here demonstrating why literacy and numeracy are certainly needed. It beggars belief that my friend from our old school St Stephen’s should stand and speak against this Budget because privately he thoroughly agrees with everything. 
This is a great day. This is a great day for this Government which has the power the authority and the credibility to lead us into the rising sun. Kia ora tatou.