Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

As the honourable senator would know, this is a matter that has been provided to us as a proposal from the Harper review. The government is going through the Harper review and its proposals and giving consideration to the many suggestions therein. We are consulting widely and we will be in a position in due course to announce what our final decision is.

Having said that, I am reminded of Senator O'Neill's former leader, Mr Beazley, who quite some time ago acknowledged that the Labor Party never pretended to be a friend of small business. We on this side are and that is why we are looking—