Luke Hartsuyker (Cowper, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Make it pick on business day, as the member for Forde said, with the Deputy Leader of the Opposition saying: ‘Yes, we could pick another operation—perhaps motor vehicle repairers. Let’s pick any motor mechanic out of the phone book, make up some sort of absurd claim and trash and damage their business.’ They just do not understand small business.

The Labor Party do not understand the fact that it can take a lifetime of work to build a business up, and it can take the Deputy Leader of the Opposition 15 seconds to drag it down again. It is an absolute disgrace. They are a disgrace. They are anti-business, and for them to claim anything else is absolute hypocrisy. The member for Gilmore understands small business and the way in which small business helps to employ people and build stronger communities. The Labor Party’s position is a disgrace. This government supports small business. This government gets the settings right to make small business prosper and grow, and I am absolutely supportive of the member for Gilmore and her efforts to get people in her electorate better employment outcomes and to assist businesses to grow. She is a passionate member with small business at heart.

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