White HelenHELEN WHITE (Labour): Yesterday I was asked by a journalist in my experience in this House what I had found most surprising and what the kind of characteristics of it were. I said to him that I found it surprising that we had so much in common in all of the parties but also found it absolutely surprising what a stark contrast there was between parties and how much of a difference it would make who led this country. That's really something I've thought about during the time that I have gone out to my constituency and talked about this Budget because this Budget does show that difference.I take up that point that was raised by the Opposition that the public needs vision and they need a future. They certainly do. That's why this Budget is about building for tomorrow at the same time as securing people now. I think that the public deserves hope and vision in their future. I want to just talk for a minute about some of the things that I think show that hope and vision belongs in the leadership of the Labour Party.The first thing that I'd like to talk about is actually something that most people wouldn't necessarily think of as helping them and that is the money that has gone into New Zealand Steel. Now that to me was a big deal because the money that's going into New Zealand Steel is going to take out a whole lot of carbon. It's going to make a huge difference and it's going to make a difference to the planet it's going that wide. But it's also going to secure a whole lot of jobs in New Zealand that are high-paid jobs. That's the economy we need.We have a problem in New Zealand with not having high enough productivity with not having high enough wages. That's a problem. We have to transform our economy—we have to transform our economy. It is not a matter of having a choice. We cannot have a slow transition; we have got to make a good sound and visionary transition. So this helps us do this.This is going to reduce our carbon emissions by 1 percent annually. That's a big amount. It's a big number. It's incredibly important that we get behind enterprises that are willing to do that.It was great that we got behind the gaming designers in this country in the Budget because I've met with people who are in those industries and it's a weightless industry. It's incredibly good for our youth that they've got a place that they can go and be creative and actually just earn decent money. It's a really important thing. That's the kind of economy we have to grow in New Zealand.Would we have an economy like that under National? I seriously doubt it because it hasn't happened. Everything that this Government does that's proactive gets naysaid; there's always a reason why it's got to happen tomorrow or the next day or the day after that or perhaps the next decade. Anything that gets in the way of the short-term gain is actually being put down and one of those things I saw on the Transport and Infrastructure Committee was the Clean Car Discount. I'll never forget what I saw there the games I saw being played by the Opposition about supporting what was in fact an incredibly effective scheme. It has worked. And it was always just going to happen some other time. But they said it was this it was that. We have to do these things. We have to be visionary. We have to give people hope. That is incredibly important.Finally I want to talk about apprenticeships because they've been raised a little bit here. The Labour Government has committed to making the Apprenticeship Boost permanent. It is so important that our youth don't miss out right now that they go into high-wage work and this scheme supports them doing that. That is something we cannot turn our backs on. It is important that our older people have the winter energy payment; it's important that their pensions go up. It's important that our young families get childcare at decent rates. That's all important stuff. It is so important that our children actually get apprenticeships. And what did the National Party do? At its crisis it cut the apprenticeships. That's the contrast I pick up.