Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I enjoy also the continued interjections from the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, because she has distinguished herself so greatly during the course of this week.

In response to the question of the member for McPherson, I go firstly to the overall employment impacts of the government’s proposal, secondly to the mining industry and thirdly to the working families and small businesses of McPherson. They will benefit under this proposal from an increase in super for all working families, and she is voting to block that. There will be a reduction in the tax burden on the small businesses in her electorate, which she is voting to block. And there will be a tax reduction for all companies in her electorate, which she is voting to block. I would suggest to the member for McPherson that in standing up for the interests of her constituency she should bear in mind the burdens borne by small business—eloquently underlined just now by the minister for small business. If she had some concern for her local economy, she would stand up in this place and back the interests of the small businesses of McPherson.

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