Craig Emerson (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

The red-tape burden on small business has been enormous. It has been a result of 10 years of squandered opportunity from the members opposite. Back in 1996, before this member came into the parliament, the then government commissioned a report from the late Charlie Bell on reducing business red tape.

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