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

We know that governments themselves don't create jobs; that's something that employers do. What governments do is put in place policies that enable, in this case, businesses to prosper, to grow and to create more jobs for Australians. And, as I've said, since we were elected to office in 2013, we've put in place policies that have now enabled the economy and hardworking employers out there to create in excess of 1.5 million jobs. How are we doing this? In the first instance, we are lowering taxes, whether it be lowering taxes for small businesses so they can reinvest back into their business, grow their business and create more jobs for Australians, or, alternatively, lowering taxes for working Australians, because we believe that Australians should be able to keep more of what they earn. We're also reducing the costs of doing business through deregulation, we're enabling better access to finance, we're ensuring that small businesses are paid on time, and we're building the infrastructure our economy needs to grow.