Phillip Thompson (Herbert, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

golden age, they were able to invest in their business. They were able to invest. They were able to grow. From there, they were able to employ more people. They win awards around the country. But they were only able to do this because of the instant asset write-off under the coalition government.

With this Labor government's position, which is not the will of the parliament or the Senate and goes against what small businesses have been requesting and what they want and deserve, we will see businesses around the regions finding it extremely tough to continue to grow, to employ more people and to do what they do—take a risk, step outside the door and go: 'You know what? We are going to expand. We are going to grow our industry and our business.' We want the government to back in the amendments. We want them to listen to the Leader of the Opposition's speech and agree that this is what small business needs. We want the government to listen to the Senate.

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