Hon CARMEL SEPULONI (Minister for Social Development): This year's Budget comes during an unprecedented time—and I know we have heard that word over and over again over the last few months—with a global health crisis that, clearly, has economic implications globally as well. Fortunately, we have built up our nation's resilience by getting the books into surplus, achieving the lowest unemployment rate in a decade, and investing in our public services and our people's wellbeing over the past three years. We are now seeing the benefit of careful fiscal planning and management. We are winning the battle with our health response to COVID-19, but the war's not over. Now we're focusing on our economic response, and keeping jobs, new jobs, and training for jobs is very much our focus. Our response has given us the chance to get our economy moving faster than many other countries. 