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

It is something we should all celebrate, because 70 per cent of our economy is in the services sector. We are seeing investment right across the services sector. Dun & Bradstreet nailed it a fortnight ago when they said we are seeing robust levels of optimism across all sectors of the Australian business community. This is fantastic! In 2014, 223,000 new companies were registered. This is really a positive sign. We are encouraging the small business men and women, and that is great.

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

That is all you have, is it? You have no content but you can pass me a book. That is fantastic. You could probably write a book on which one of you guys will be the deputy leader! What we are doing is energising enterprise. It is private endeavour. It is encouragement and incentive for courageous men and women investing in their ideas and ambitions to grow our economy. That is a plan. We have a plan and it is working. All Labor has is politics. What a surprise! (Time expired)

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