Collins Judith; Mallard TrevorHon JUDITH COLLINS (National—Papakura): It's so nice to be able to tell the people of New Zealand who are listening that that was not Michael Cullen because at least he could count. He's had to be brought in to try and fix up the mess that Grant Robertson's already making. I'm really pleased to hear that Parliament is today—[Interruption] my goodness they don't like it do they?—now going to respect family members. Oh my goodness! I'm looking forward to a few apologies coming over but I've noticed they never have. My goodness this new Government they're good at throwing dirt aren't they? But they don't like a little bit of it back.Let's have a look at it. If the teachers are so valued by Labour as Grant Robertson says then tell me this: why are they striking? Why are they striking not under a National-led Government of nine only very short years really—it should have been another nine. But why is it that after nine months of Labour they're striking? Why is it that we heard Grant Robertson say today that the National Party should have been down when the teachers came to protest against the Government? Has he forgotten we're not the Government unfortunately? He even wants us to do his job for him.Because actually this man this finance Minister would have to be the least qualified Minister of Finance that I can remember in my short life to date—the least qualified. He is now starting to make me think that pretty much—that nice person Luxton: she could be the finance Minister. Michael Wood would be an excellent Minister of Finance compared to Grant Robertson—because he at least knows how to count—Hon Member: Darroch Ball.Hon Member: No not Darroch but Rino!Hon JUDITH COLLINS: —which is significantly better than Grant Robertson. Even Rino—Rino—is the man for it!Why this is important is business confidence. I know that we've just heard today from the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Education that basically the teachers should be happy. They should all be happy. We've heard from Iain Lees-Galloway—the Minister of I'd call it Unemployment"; Employment whatever it is—that everyone should just be happy and be grateful. Well how come they're striking everywhere? Business can't strike. Business has mortgages it has loans it has staff and it has to keep things going. Yet business is now being told by this Minister of Finance and this Government on the other side of the House in Parliament that they should all just be happy. Don't worry be happy it's all going to work out well—that's what they're saying. Why is it that business confidence is so low? Why has it dropped to the lowest end of the OECD from being right at the top end? Why is that? Let me tell you.Simeon Brown: Good question; tell us why.Hon JUDITH COLLINS: I think it's a very good question. It's because they look at this Government and they do not have not a clue as to which direction they're going other than it's going to be more costs on business—whether it's more rules around employment whether it's having union thugs coming bowling into their offices and taking over. How come if I or any other member of Parliament goes into a business we have to have a health and safety induction but not these guys? Oh no no—they're taking over the business. Why is that? Why is it that they see a Government destroy overnight the oil and gas industry? Why is it they do that? The officials found out about it at 7 o'clock the night before the announcement and why was that?That's why business confidence starts to drop. They look at a Government that's spending and spending and spending like there's no tomorrow; a Government that doesn't seem to understand that the more that they spend the more pressure that puts on interest rates—the Government that is actually borrowing more. When I heard during the election campaign that we have this $11 billion fiscal hole from Labour we were pooh-poohed all over the place—all the media commentaries and these so-called economists. Guess what? It's going to be that plus more—more like about $18 billion—all paid for by New Zealand taxpayers all paid for by people who have got mortgages who are now going to have to pay more interest because of this Government.It's a Government of fools it's a Government of inexperience and it's a Government that will just say anything to anybody just to get them off the front doorstep of Parliament. That's what we saw today. If Grant Robertson is so keen on teachers how come they're striking? If Chris Hipkins is so keen on teachers how come they're striking? They never did it with us. And the reason for that is because they knew that when we told them these things they were right.SPEAKER: Order! The member's time has expired."