Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

This morning Minister Sherry and I launched Driving Business Online, an exciting new initiative to help small businesses establish an online presence and to enable them to transact online. Driving Business Online is an educational program that is being developed by PayPal and partnered by eBay, Australia Post, Optus, MYOB, Powerfront, Symantec and the Australian Retailers Association.

We heard from two small businesses: Moisturecure, a business specialising in dehumidifiers, rising damp and mould problems; and Hardware2u, a small business selling home improvement products such as sheds, pergolas and decks. Both are located in regional Australia, but through their online presence they now have national markets and are open for business 24 hours a day. The blue PayPal bus is quite literally taking to the road with this important online message, delivering it in person to business owners and employees. (Time expired)