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

Absolutely, Senator Smith, a Shorten Labor government is a clear risk to the viability of small and family businesses in Australia. Those on the other side don't seem to understand that a business that has to close employs no-one. In fact, as we often say, the closest those on the other side have ever come to a business is to proudly close it down. Well, shame on you, because, when you close down a business, that means Australians lose their jobs. Up until recently, those on the other side actually promised to increase the taxes that small and family businesses pay in Australia. They needed to be dragged kicking and screaming to the right side of the chamber to support our plan, the Morrison government's plan, to lower the taxes that small and medium businesses in Australia pay. Why? Because we know that the more money that a small family business has, the more it's able to invest in that business, grow that business and employ more Australians.