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

(—) (): Let me say that I have a good working relationship with the Business Council of Australia, but there's always more that can be done in standing up for good economic policy—because, on this side of the chamber, we stand for working Australians. The Labor Party and Bill Shorten have sold out working Australians. The decisions the Labor Party are making are putting hardworking Australians at a competitive disadvantage with people in other parts of the world because you are putting the businesses that employ them at a competitive disadvantage with businesses in other parts of the world. And do you know what? Don't take my view for it. That was the view of none other than Mr Shorten. That was the view of none other than Mr Bowen. In attacking the Greens, Mr Shorten once gave a rolled-gold guarantee that he was in favour of business tax cuts for all businesses, not just small businesses. He once used to say that tax cuts for business, all businesses, lead to more investment, more jobs and higher wages. He was telling the truth then. He's misleading people now. (Time expired)