DAVID SEYMOUR (Leader—ACT): I rise on behalf of ACT in opposition to the motion that the House take note of the Finance and Expenditure Committee's report on this Budget Policy Statement. I would much rather that the House took ACT's minority view, which I have to say is an excellent view of the Budget Policy Statement, and if we were to take that then this whole country would be on a much better trajectory. Why is that? Well, the first thing it points out is that taxation under this Labour Government has increased. How much exactly? Well, for every person in this country, adjusted for inflation—which is considerable, and we'll get to that—taxation has increased by $2,138. That's from the middle of 2017, when this Government was elected, to the middle of last year, the last financial year that we had. It will have gone up more since last June. Every person, from every six-month-old baby to every retiree—if you take the amount of tax the Government's taken and divide it by the number of people, it's taking $2,138 more than it was four years ago, adjusted for inflation. 