Graham Perrett (Moreton, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Why would they do that when small businesses are trying to do the right thing? We have not had any single member of the Liberal Party apologise for that policy. Nevertheless, we will see. Obviously, when you had a budget that was committed to austerity, rather than something that they articulated before the election in 2013, small business suffered. Obviously, the numbers of successful small businesses are a problem. You might argue that many people in small business—such as the bricklayer working for the brickie—are not actually a small business. My brother has done something like that. He is not really a small business. He is certainly not a small business like EGR which I visited last week. Nevertheless, we should do all we can to make sure small business gets a chance and support the government's policies that were rolled out in the most recent budget.

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