Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will indeed do that, Madam Acting Deputy President. The consultations that I was referring to, before I was so rudely interrupted, have involved the Minister for Small Business and Tourism, the Hon. Fran Bailey; the leader of The Nationals in the Senate, Senator Ron Boswell; and Senator Barnett and other senators. The groups consulted included the National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia, NARGA; the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia, COSBOA; the Fair Trading Coalition, FTC; and the National Farmers Federation, NFF. The government has also consulted on the amendments with the Housing Association, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Business Council of Australia, the Law Council of Australia and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. That is consultation to make sure that we are delivering for small business. I want to now turn—and I appreciate that the Senate has a lot to get through—to some of the matters that Senator Stephens referred to.