George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

That is absolutely not the case. The winners are all Australians who will benefit from a prosperous economy, and that is what the government is determined to deliver. It may have escaped those in the Australian Labor Party, but, when you reduce the costs of doing business, when you reduce the costs imposed on Australian small- and medium-sized businesses—and larger businesses as well—you give those companies the opportunity to employee more Australians. That is precisely why, during the federal election campaign, the government announced an enterprise tax plan front-end loaded towards small businesses but ultimately directed at all Australian businesses—so those businesses will have the opportunity to employ more Australians and generate more economic activity, more economic growth and higher wages.