Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Support for Small Business and Charities and Other Measures) Bill 2023. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. Anyone who doesn't think that in this parliament really hasn't surveyed their community, because, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics in June 2023, businesses with zero to 19 employees, defined as small businesses, accounted for 97.3 per cent of all Australian businesses. If we include medium businesses—those with, say, 20 to 199 employees—the total number of small to medium businesses represented 98 per cent of all businesses in this country.

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