Craig Laundy (Reid, Liberal Party, Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Berowra. The member for Berowra gets it. He gets that small and medium family enterprises and businesses are the backbone of his electorate. The Prime Minister gets its. The Treasurer gets it. In fact, everyone on this side of the House gets it.

In fact, even the United Nations gets it—happy Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day. In their press release today, the United Nations reiterated their thoughts from last year:

Those enterprises, which generally employ fewer than 250 persons, are the backbone of most economies worldwide …

Even the United Nations gets the fact that small and medium family businesses are the backbone of any country. I'll tell you who doesn't get it: the Leader of the Opposition. You know what? I reckon there are plenty of people behind him that actually get this.

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