Hon IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY (Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety): Thank you, Madam Speaker. It goes without saying, and everybody knows that this year's Budget was delivered during exceptional times: a global pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands around the world and caused every economy in the world to face a significant crisis, a slowdown of economic activity, unemployment, and a withdrawal from investment around the world. But New Zealand went into this in a strong position because successive Governments have known that as a small country highly reliant on global trade and highly reliant on global investment, we have needed to keep the Government's books in order. 