Russell DeborahDr DEBORAH RUSSELL (Labour—New Lynn): Tēnā koe Te Māngai o Te Whare. We've had a number of speakers across this House stand up and say that they weren't on the Primary Production Committee which actually heard these Estimates hearings for the primary sector. They have nevertheless read the report. I count myself among those members. I did not hear the Estimates hearings myself but I have read the report. What is astonishing is the different attitudes towards this report that have been demonstrated across this House: on that side a tale of negativity and woe; on this side a tale of what we are doing positively for the agricultural sector.When I read this excellent report from the Primary Production Committee what I hear is a story about sustainability a story about sustaining agriculture a story about sustaining farming a story about sustaining our environment. This Government is about the long-term problems and solving them. It's about putting in place change that will last for 30 years not just three and it is about sustainable change. So let me talk about sustainability that is in this report. It's not some thin attenuated notion of sustainability that relates only to the environment or only to conservation or only to business. It's about an integrated package that makes farming sustainable for the long term in this country.In fact it's about ensuring that all New Zealanders thrive that we operate our businesses our cities our non-governmental organisations and our Government in ways to have careful due regard for the other including for the environment and including for our farmers. It is no longer enough to have a large bank balance if life cannot be sustained. So what is exactly about sustainability in this report? Let's look at what's being done in biosecurity—biosecurity that protects our farming practices. When the bugs make it into the country the people who are affected are our farmers. Improving our biosecurity contributes to the sustainability of farming practices. That's why the improvements to our biosecurity system in this report are so important. That's why the response to the discovery of fruit flies in Auckland was so important. It is about sustaining our primary sector industries through an improved biosecurity response.Let's talk about again that biosecurity. Looking at the way that there was a review of the passenger and mail pathways that was about ensuring that the bugs don't get into our country—sustaining our primary sector. Let's look at the response to Mycoplasma bovis. That again is about sustainability ensuring that that disease does not take permanent hold in this country. This Government unlike the previous Government poured time and money and effort into ensuring that we can control Mycoplasma bovis. Why? Because that is what our farmers need. It is ensuring that our rural communities thrive. Let's look at the use of land. We have a fund of $229 million for sustainable land use to improve waterways to reduce carbon emissions and to support farmers and growers. On this side of the House it is about supporting our farming industries. When it comes to issues like the extensions pathways it's about finding the best practice on farms and enabling farmers to share that knowledge—again contributing to the sustainability of farming practice in this country.When we think about it in terms of waterways and the work that is being done there water is a precious resource and it is a precious resource that belongs to all of us. The work that is being done on waterways is to ensure that best practice prevails. When we've announced our waters package many of our farmers said We can do that."—"We can do that." Why? Because they are already engaging in best practice and what we need to do is to spread that best practice further to other farmers. We know that our farmers are resilient. We know that they want to engage in the best practice they can. We are sure that this will work for them. So despite the doom the gloom and the negativity that comes from the other side of the House on this side of the House we are positive about the future. We are about governing for all New Zealanders and we are about putting in solutions that will last for 30 years. It is excellent work that we are doing in the primary sector. CHAIRPERSON (Hon Ruth Dyson): I call Tim Macindoe. Oh sorry; I was looking at Tim."