Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Minister for Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

One billion dollars worth of tax cuts for small business, funded by the mining resource rent tax, which the Liberal and National parties oppose. They oppose the mining tax. They want to pay the money back to mining companies, who actually want to pay it to the government. They also will increase taxes for small business. They are going to have to remove the $1 billion in tax cuts that we are providing for small business. But it gets worse: they are opposed to the National Broadband Network. They want to disconnect—unplug—small business from this important initiative. We have nothing from the Liberal Party and the National Party other than increasing taxes on small businesses and unplugging the Broadband Network. Where are the positive policies? (Time expired)