Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

That collectively lifted the IQ of the Labor Party! The member for Eden-Monaro raises a very good question. The question is: how can we help small business to be more profitable and more successful? Last week the member for Eden-Monaro and I visited the Central Cafe in Queanbeyan and met the Mastoris family. In that family business they employee 20 Australians from seven different countries. As I grew up in a small business and as so many of my colleagues have been involved in small businesses, we know that small business is the engine room of the Australian economy. We know that people in small businesses people work damned hard to pay the bills.

Ms Collins interjecting—

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