Senate debates

Thursday, 16 August 2018

Questions without Notice

Indigenous Business

2:34 pm

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

You should be ashamed of your record, mate. We've now given Indigenous Australians, under that procurement policy—they're three per cent of the population, but the average workforce across those Indigenous businesses is in fact 50 per cent. Every time we back Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander small businesses, we get more jobseekers into work and contributing to the economy.

We support all Australian businesses with a more competitive tax rate so they can keep more of their own money and invest it in their own future. That's going to mean more business activity. There is only one side of politics that has the runs on the board on jobs and growth, and the Australian people know that. (Time expired)

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