Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I say to the member who has raised this question that he should look to measures that the government has and is providing, like the instant tax write-off for new assets for small businesses, an important measure increased to $6,500, an important measure for small businesses. I also say to the member who has engaged in the stunt today of walking to the dispatch box: what does he say to those small businesses about the opposition's plan to impose a cost—whether it was imposed on families or small business we are still waiting for clarification—

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