Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I suggest that with the words of that question the senator has demonstrated the confected outrage from a bloke who is part of a party that have said: 'We're not going to pass on a company tax cut with a head start for small business. Oh, no! We don't want that. We don't want a tax break through an instant asset write-off for small business. Oh, no! We don't want that. We don't want loss carry-back for small business. Oh, no! We don't want that!' To come in here and give us a lecture about why small business is doing it tough when they have stood in the way of the policies of this government to give tax breaks to small business, when they are going to go to the next election and say to all small businesses: 'Guess what? We're going to give you a tax hike,' I think how genuine a person is or is not is demonstrated by the policy position they are holding.