Hon JAMES SHAW (Co-Leader—Green): E Te Māngai o Te Whare, tēnā koe. Before I turn my attention to the Prime Minister's statement, I just want to take a moment to draw this House's attention, and our memory, to the catastrophic fires that occurred in Australia over the summer, many of which are still burning now. I think it's pretty easy amongst all the hurly-burly of our election year to forget the crises that have occurred to our nearest neighbour. There was, and has been, extraordinary loss of wildlife, of human life, of forestry, and of property. The areas that were burned by the fires, if that had occurred here in New Zealand, would have stretched from Cape Reinga in the North to Rotorua and burned everything in between. I just think if we could take a moment to just acknowledge the scale of what has happened in Australia, because this House has not yet had an opportunity to reflect or acknowledge the catastrophe that has befallen Australia, and so I just wanted to take this moment to do so before we begin. 