Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): The Government's ongoing support to secure the economic recovery is being reflected in the Crown's financial accounts. The Crown accounts for the 11 months to the end of May 2021 were released today, and they show that the operating balance before gains and losses, the OBEGAL, was a deficit of $3.6 billion. That is $5.8 billion better than was forecast by Treasury in Budget 2021. Net core Crown debt stood at 31.2 percent of GDP, $6 billion less than forecast. While the Government's books are in better shape than expected, we cannot afford to be complacent. We are still facing elevated levels of debt and OBEGAL deficit for some years to come as a result of the response that was needed to the pandemic.