Naylor JonoJONO NAYLOR (National): The extent of what there is in this particular section of the Estimates appropriations this year for this sector alone could occupy I believe the entire debate. There is so much going on in this space. With this Government based even on the last couple of years you would think is it even possible to do more than put benefits up for the first time in 43 years. Is it even possible to do more than what we have done? But wait—but wait—there is more and we have done it. There is some great stuff going on in here. Other members have touched on it and I will touch on it again. What we have seen in the last little while with the complete overhaul of Child Youth and Family and the forming of new Ministry for Vulnerable Children Oranga Tamariki was a big step made by the honourable Minister Anne Tolley. I think that what we are going to see are much better outcomes for those young people who are most at risk in New Zealand. We would all agree that the outcomes that were being achieved were not acceptable and so drastic steps have been taken to completely overhaul this and of course there is budget to back this up. I think one of the really important parts of this was actually the raising of the age of care from 17 years of age to 18. I know that as the Social Services Committee we have heard from various people over the years and I think in particular of some young people from the Dingwall Trust who came to us and spoke of their experiences as 17-year-olds of being exited from care and having to suddenly fend for themselves and do a whole lot of things for themselves. They were basically pleading with us to raise the age. The Minister has taken that on board and so out of the $434 million in the package for new funding for Oranga Tamariki there is $71 million around ensuring that we support young people who are in care not just until the age of 17 but now until the age of 18. Also—it is a little bit like one of those ads on TV that says But wait there's more."—there is the possibility for young people to receive further care beyond the age of 18 to 21 and even to 25 in some cases. This is a Government that is prepared to look at where the system has not been doing the best for these young people to respond to that—not just tinker with the edges but take the bold steps forward—and to do something completely different to ensure that we are looking after those young people. It is a continuation of the social investment strategy that this Government has been working to. I hear from across the other side of the Chamber from time to time and I hear around the place that this Government is just driven by numbers and just driven by data. Data can tell us certain stories and actually if you just ignore the data and say that it is just numbers well then that is just being blind. Actually we do attach a meaning to those numbers and what we have been able to determine through taking this social investment approach to it is that if we can get some early intervention in place and if we get to some of these children at an earlier stage yes there is money to be saved in the long term but actually there are also greater benefits for them in the long term. So in this Budget there is $321 million as a part of the Social Investment Package. That is just the money that is associated with some of those particular initiatives but of course it reflects the entire strategy that goes right across our communities. Finally I just want to touch on the $2 billion Family Incomes Package and I keep hearing from across the other side of the Chamber: "Oh this is just tax cuts for the highest earners." That is not what this is about. What this is about is changing thresholds. It is about ensuring that more New Zealanders and particularly lower-income New Zealanders get more of their own money back to be able to provide for their families. Whether it is the redistribution through the ah—Hon Member: Working for Families. JONO NAYLOR: —Working for Families—thank you—which is part of it or whether it is actually just lowering some of those thresholds some of those people who are on the fringe of earning not quite enough will now get that extra money. It was heartening to see when this Budget was announced those people on the news saying what a difference it will make to their families. I look forward over the next 12 months to seeing the benefits that those people will reap from this Budget."