Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

As I was just indicating, our economic plan has made it possible to deliver more and better services Australians deserve: more medicines on the PBS, more access to quality health care, secure defences, less congested roads, a new Inland Rail network for eastern Australia and a new Western Sydney Airport, breaking a deadlock that had eluded successive governments for decades.

But we're not complacent about the need to continue to build a stronger economy, which is why we have a plan for stronger growth, with another one and a quarter million new jobs over the next five years. It's a plan that will drive stronger wages growth across the economy. It's a plan that is based on rewarding aspiration, enterprise and effort. That is why in last night's budget the government also announced more tax relief for small- and medium-sized businesses. We want small businesses to prosper. We want them to employ even more Australians and pay them better wages. That is why we need to ensure that they can be as successful as they possibly can be. (Time expired)