Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Those on this side—the majority of whom have been in small businesses—will understand how difficult it can be to start and grow a small business and the pressure that small business women and men have every day to pay wages and to pay the bills. Unfortunately, none of those opposite have had a lot of that experience. Mr Shorten's captain's call to raise taxes on businesses is going to hit very hard the 20,000 hardworking mum-and-dad businesses across the country. It is going to be a sledgehammer to regional economies right across Australia. There are 1.5 million Australians who are employed by these businesses who will be shuddering at the thought of another job-destroying, economy-wrecking captain's call from those opposite. That's not how you create confidence. It's not how you manage an economy. And that's not how you manage a guarantee for a better future for all Australians, particularly in places like Braddon, Mayo and Longman. (Time expired)