Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Emergency Management) Share this | Hansard source

Indeed, Mr Speaker. I am asked about small business. It would be absolutely disappointing, a crying shame, if we did not allow the mining tax to be enacted to ensure that millions of small businesses in this country get a tax break, because that is what they deserve. We on this side will do that. Those opposite pretend to be the party of small business, so they should get out of the way and let us pass that legislation.

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