Bennett David; Salesa JennyHon DAVID BENNETT (National): Thank you Madam Speaker. First of all I just want to recognise our Canterbury communities especially the farmers down there that have done a tremendous job in the last couple of days of being able to look after their stock maintaining strong animal welfare at a very difficult period of time. I think that the results that they've seen is a direct result of farmers being proactive listening and communities coming together and helping each other. I'd just like to put a special mention for Federated Farmers. I think Chris Allen and David Clark have done a tremendous job in advocating for the farmers down there as well. So we wish them all the very best as they rebuild. The infrastructure that that community needs now like the Ashburton Bridge that's in trouble—those are the kinds of things that this Government said no to. That was the infrastructure that should have been in this Budget. That is what is needed for our farming communities so that they can grow and prosper. And when you have infrastructure that is dilapidated and it's old then when the first adverse events like this come along it really just shows how if the Government doesn't use its funds wisely we can actually have devastating effects on the industries that promote and build New Zealand. So this should have been a Budget that had something in it for farmers. It should have had something around infrastructure. It didn't have that. And the consequences we're seeing in the last couple of days just reflect what happens if there's a poor decision by Government around use of its funds.There was nothing in this Budget for farming education. That last speaker talked about $150 million for Māori boarding schools. What about the other private schools in their networks? Why didn't they get some money? I remember years ago they stood against us when we gave money to private schools. What about rural health? What was in there for rural health? What did they give—where's the new medical school that would be required to train the doctors? Where are the new nurses that are needed for the rural communities? Time and time again we see things in the paper saying that there's shortages in this area. That Government didn't act on that.Where has been the rural connectivity that farmers need? There was $10 million put away in that Budget—ten million bucks. They'd probably if you're lucky get five cell phone sites. You know it wouldn't even do one decent valley. Where is the Government investing in the primary sector by giving it the infrastructure it needs? There should have been money in that Budget around rural connectivity. And if we look at other things in the Budget that were missing there's no increase in TB spending when we've got a TB outbreak in the Hawke's Bay. I didn't see any of those Hawke's Bay MPs advocating for extra funding to deal with that outbreak. It is static in the Budget and there's no increase there. Water storage actually was decreased in the Budget. Crown Irrigation went from $73 million to nil—zero. Crown Irrigation does not exist under that Labour Government 2021-2022. That is taking away the future of our horticultural industries. They need water to grow. The sustainable food and fibre fund is reduced by $18 million as well. They took away from agriculture. They didn't put anything in. This is not a Budget for farmers. And we look at what's in the farming newspapers what did Federated Farmers say? What we really need to see from this Government is an acknowledgment that the world pays us good money for the food we produce and we need a regulatory framework that encourages and supports us to keep doing what we do." We didn't get that in the Budget. All we get is farmers in the South Island especially in Southland constantly attacked for what they do. They've had to form groups to stand up to this Government that puts rules on them that are unworkable that will never work and they never give them a chance to actually put down practical reasonable solutions. Then we see that DairyNZ in the same article says "there was little new funding to help farmers accelerate the pace or scale of … work they are doing behind the farm gate to improve environmental outcomes." There are huge requirements this Government is putting on farmers around the environment. Where was it in the Budget to help them? Where was it in there to actually make sure that they had the ability to do that? The rules are stupid. The rules have had to be revised time and time again. They are not giving farmers the ability to satisfy those rules. And the Minister would say "Oh there's money in there for integrated farm plans and global research." That will touch the surface if they're lucky. There is not the capability there. Regional councils are looking at putting up rates to meet those goals. This is not a Budget for farmers. This is a Budget that didn't deliver in health education infrastructure that farmers needed.ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Hon Jenny Salesa): Order! The member's time is up."