Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Fair Competition) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. There was a good segue there. I refer the minister to a statement made by the Prime Minister and the Minister for Small Business yesterday:

Labor understands and supports the aspirations of working people who want to run a decent small business.

Given this, does the government understand the concerns of three in four businesses surveyed by the Queensland Chamber of Commerce and Industry who believe the carbon tax will have a negative impact on their business? Does the government understand that 84 per cent of businesses surveyed want the carbon tax scrapped altogether? Will the government listen to those complaints from small business?