Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting on Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. If we turn to the United States, it is a particularly disheartening situation. Unemployment is at 9.6 per cent. Small business in particular in the US has been doing it very, very tough. Just this week, for example, US President Obama signed a $42 billion small business assistance program. I have to say that President Obama has faced the same negative approach from the Republicans as we have faced from the Liberal opposition in trying to save— (Time expired)