This is a Budget in which Kiwis are going backwards. We've got a Minister of Finance who is absolutely addicted to spending, and Kiwis know it. Kiwis around this country, hard-working Kiwis, are suffering from a cost of living crisis, and you know what? The solution that this Government put on the table was a payment of $27 a week for a three-month period that you can't even get if you're on the average wage in this country—one block of cheese and one packet of Weet-Bix from the supermarket. This is a Government that is out of touch with hard-working Kiwis in regards to the cost of living crisis that they are facing and a Budget in which is spent the most amount of money out of any Budget in history. You would expect it would come up with some solutions, some substance to deal with the issues Kiwis are facing. But, no, this Government has squandered the opportunity and missed the potential that they could have created, and, as a result, hard-working Kiwis are paying. 