Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

It is well known that small and family businesses in Australia are the backbone of the Australian economy. They employ almost seven million Australians. Seven million Australians rely on small and family businesses for their jobs. We also know that the best form of welfare is a job. So when you put in place job-creating policies, as we on the Liberal-National side of the government do, you ensure that the businesses in Australia are able to operate under these policies. They can prosper and grow. And what do they do? They create more jobs for Australians. That is exactly what you are seeing under the Liberal-National government. The unemployment rate fell by 0.3 percentage points last month to stand at five per cent in September. This is the lowest level since September 2012. The economy has created almost 1.2 million jobs since we were elected to office in 2013. (Time expired)