Scott Alastair: General DebateText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeScott Alastair: General Debate[Sitting date: 26 November 2014. Volume:702;Page:855. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]ALASTAIR SCOTT (National—Wairarapa):I would like to talk about the Westpac Stadium and more specifically I would like to talk about the number of people one can fit into the Westpac Stadium. More specifically I would like to talk about the number of people we can fit into three Westpac stadiums because that is the number of people who left New Zealand to go to Australia between 2000 and 2005. They did that because they chose to leave this country because of the situation they found themselves in and the Government they were having to deal with.The trend has been changed. Today there are not three stadium-loads of people leaving—or two or even one. In fact people are arriving. People are voting with their feet and returning from Australia to choose to live in this country. Why is that? Because things are on the up. Things are going well. We know the economy is performing at a rate of close to 4 percent and that 72000-odd jobs have been created in the last 12 months. That is why people are coming back. Inflation is lower than wage growth. That means that people have more buying power in their pockets. Unemployment is lower than it has been and Government debt is well under control.The way we have got there is because this Government has invested in infrastructure. We are continuing to roll out ultra-fast broadband and the Rural Broadband Initiative. I can say that the guys over in the Wairarapa with their blue cables are flat out up and down the streets of the Wairarapa—through Masterton and soon to be in Carterton Dannevirke and even in a small town like Waipukurau. These people will be connected—connected to the rest of the country and connected to the world so that they can communicate with those offshore communities to sell their products and their services.The other thing we are doing and it has been touched on by my colleague Melissa Lee is negotiating and completing free-trade agreements. The Korean free-trade agreement is not just about the $80 million tariff here or the $65 million worth of savings there; it is about the opportunity. It is about the ability to let businesses get on with business. It is about creating an environment where people can take the opportunity that is laid up for them by this Government.Look at the Chinese example of a free-trade agreement multiplying the number volume and value of exports—not just dairy but forestry fisheries and wines going across to China. And that is what we are going to be doing into Korea. So it is not just about $43 million worth of kiwifruit; it is the opportunity to enable them to double triple or quadruple their value. I know the kiwifruit industry is well set up to take advantage of that opportunity. It is about creating demand. It is about creating demand for our primary products. That is what we are about. We can feed only 40 million - odd people so we need to make sure that the food that we are supplying to those people is safe and has the technology associated with it so that it is traceable. That is why Chinese and Korean people are paying top dollar for our products. The opportunity is there for all.This infrastructure growth continues to contribute to the positive growth in my electorate of Wairarapa. The South Wairarapa district is one of the fastest-growing districts in the country. That is because this Government is building roads and infrastructure to enable people to get on. I encourage more people to join us in the Wairarapa with those people who see the benefits of the Wairarapa—the people the climate and the commutable distance that we have from Wellington. This enables rural electorates to prosper under this Government. Thank you.