Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

So recently promoted, so passionate, yet leaving—it is such a shame. As a further supplementary question, I refer to the fact that over the past year more than 10,000 small businesses have collapsed, an increase of over nine per cent from the previous year. The carbon tax will place increased pressure on small businesses this year in an already tough economic environment. How much of the government's $9 billion in industry assistance allocated under its clean energy package will specifically go to small businesses?