Dr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei): Thank you, It's a pleasure to lead the National Party response to the reform of vocational education. The second reading is an opportunity to report back on select committee deliberations and construct a line of argument going forward, and for us, that line of argument will be why we will not be supporting this bill. This bill is quite clearly the next fees-free flop. It will damage the regions, it will damage polytechnics, and it will damage vocational education. Mark my words: this bill will bankrupt tertiary education.