Senate debates

Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Questions without Notice

Small Business

2:30 pm

Photo of Simon BirminghamSimon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

If there are issues in relation to some of the elements that Senator Pratt raised, I'll bring those back to the chamber. But the point I was also making was about the value of ensuring that we do get more Australians through the doors of Australian small businesses to help them get back on their feet. Thousands of small businesses this year were closed down, mandatorily closed down by governments, to help us deal with the global pandemic. In reopening the economy, we want to make sure that those small businesses who went for months without revenue, without customers, without support— (Time expired)

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