Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL (Labour—New Lynn): Talofa lava, Mr Speaker. I am honoured to talk about our Budget this year: a Budget which is about continuing to keep Aotearoa New Zealand safe from COVID-19, a Budget which is about accelerating the recovery and rebuild from the impacts of COVID-19, a Budget which is about laying the foundations for the future and addressing some of the key issues that confront us. In particular, this year we focus on child poverty, and that motivates the benefit increases—the benefit increases this year that finally expunge the levels of cuts from the 1991 "mother of all Budgets" and a benefit increase that meets the recommendations of the Welfare Expert Advisory Group. Of course there is more to do, but it is wonderful to see this action being taken. And those increases in benefits will flow back to the local communities as families spend the extra money on their children and on the resources to support themselves—it's a great move.