Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

It's a sad outcome that the member for Hume left us. But we are concerned and we are upfront. In relation to Queensland small businesses—small and large and medium—we should care about them all. The increase in small-business prices that the member for Hume hid from the Australian people was 12.8 per cent, $705, I make no apologies for pointing that to the House and the Australian people.

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