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

It is because the government understands that it is small and family businesses who are out there creating jobs. The government puts in place the policy framework that businesses can lever off to prosper, to grow and to create more jobs for Australians, and that's why we back small and family businesses every step of the way. They are the key to Australia's recovery from COVID-19 and to our future economic prosperity. If you look at Australia's 3.5 million small businesses, they make up almost 97.4 per cent of all businesses and they contribute 32 per cent of all private sector economic output. On top of that, they are the great employers of our nation, employing now around six million Australians. They are, in fact, one of the biggest employers in Australia. We also back them because we know they work tirelessly, and they deserve a government that backs them.