Hon CARMEL SEPULONI (Minister for ACC): As a Government, we are committed to addressing inequities between the ACC health and welfare systems. Before we can do that we need to establish what they are and who they affect. That is why I commissioned advice on how the ACC scheme is serving women, Māori, Pacific, and disabled people and am awaiting advice on ethnic communities. I wasn't surprised to see that there were inequities in the ACC scheme access and outcomes for those groups, but it's actually exciting to have an evidence base for change, and I'm working with officials on options to address the inequities, also acknowledging the constructive support from the Green Party and Simon Watts from the National Party with regards to addressing those inequities.