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

Clearly all he has done is take the question from the tactics committee. He didn't listen to a single word I said in my previous answer. He didn't have the agility to adjust in the context of the answer I've just given. Every single business in Braddon will perform better on the back of a stronger economy. If we put businesses in Australia at a competitive disadvantage by locking in a competitive advantage for businesses overseas, helping them to take investment and jobs away from Australia, that will mean less opportunity for businesses in Braddon. It will mean less opportunity for working families of Braddon. In order to ensure that the working families of Braddon, of Longman, of Mayo—you name it, of all of the by-elections that are currently taking place—have the best possible opportunity to get ahead, we need to ensure that the businesses that employ them have the best possible opportunity to get ahead.