Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question. He knows very well, from his previous life, the importance of small business. He knows very well that the small businesses that he used to represent are the ones that are driving the record jobs growth in Australia: 415,000 new jobs last year, 1,100 jobs a day, more than one million new jobs in less than five years. That's what happens when businesses have the confidence to invest and to grow.

Ms Chesters interjecting—

That is what the nation needs to ensure that we can live within our means and bring the budget back into balance a year earlier and that we can deliver and guarantee the essential services that Australians rely on—spending more on health, on education, on the NDIS and on infrastructure every year.

Ms Chesters interjecting—

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