Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Actually, in the same COSBOA report, small businesses reported the worst thing for them was rising energy costs followed by increasing costs of doing business, inflation and the impact of interest rate increases.

Prior to the last election, Mr Albanese promised cheaper mortgages and cheaper energy bills and promised not to touch multi-employer bargaining. Does the government accept any responsibility for the fact that its broken promises are what are truly hurting Australian businesses?