Bruce Billson (Dunkley, Liberal Party, Minister for Small Business) Share this | Hansard source

There is the evidence for the indifference Labor has to the women and of small business.

We have seen in the most recent Sensis survey a 62 per cent positive turnaround in the sentiment of small business towards Commonwealth government policies. What do they talk about? They say: 'Support amongst SMEs for the federal government improved dramatically following the recent federal election, bringing this indicator to the highest point it's been since November 2007.' They go on to describe this as a turnaround of 62 percentage points following the federal election. The reason for that is that the coalition took a small business policy to the electorate. The coalition bothered to engage with the men and women of small business. At the heart of that agenda was the abolition of the carbon tax.

You have heard from Mr Parsons at Little Creek Cheese. We have heard of examples right across the place. Why don't you just sit down?

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