Hon KRIS FAAFOI: Yes, the courts have been incredibly adaptive to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years. I thank the judiciary, the Ministry of Justice, and all the other practitioners in our justice system for their innovation, patience, and determination to maintain access to justice. Courts have increased their use of audiovisual links, and put in place several locations, where appropriate, to ensure people's court hearings can go ahead. The Government has also invested $50 million from the COVID-19 recovery Budget initiative to ensure challenges that have arisen because of COVID are able to be tackled. The bill supports the maintenance of access to justice, as the judiciary and the ministry can only set their requirements where reasonably necessary in the interests of justice, and to respond to COVID-related health and safety risks. 