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

We got rid of the mining tax and we got rid of the carbon tax, which was a burden not just on business but on every household to the tune of $550 a year. And we got rid of the red tape on business, getting rid of $2 billion of red tape burden, particularly on small business. Seventeen thousand pages of regulation and red tape we got rid of in our first year of government, and that is just jobs.

Ms Butler interjecting—

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