So next week, when Grant Robertson puts down his Budget, I will judge it by this: does it respond to people like Anna and the thousands like her around the country, struggling with higher mortgage payments, higher rents, and higher costs, who work hard every week and who pay their tax? Does it respond to her? Can the Minister promise her that every extra dollar he is spending will result in better outcomes than she would get for that money in her household budget? I would put it to you that that is a grave responsibility and one that this Government has fallen short of again and again and again, and New Zealanders deserve better. 