Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Let me say right up front that this government is the best friend that small business has ever had. Let me also say that this is the government which delivered small business tax cuts, which the previous government kept talking about and promising but which, of course, were never delivered. This government is working to strengthen growth. This government is working to ensure that significant mining and infrastructure projects can proceed, because we understand the beneficial flow-on impacts for small business from a more strongly growing economy. Small business across Australia understands that the worst friend of small business—