Steven Ciobo (Moncrieff, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) Share this | Hansard source

Fair enough, Mr Speaker. Let me move away from the division on that side of the House and focus on the fact that that is actually having an impact on investment decisions that people make. On Kangaroo Island, Southern Ocean Lodge, for example, is a small business that has employed 50 locals in an island economy. But we actually see now that those businesses are having further investment threatened. And that investment, Mr Speaker, is threatened because of the policy division on Labor's side of the House.

We will make sure that we continue to set the right economic conditions and the right business conditions to encourage Australia's small to medium-sized enterprises to keep investing in the tourism industry and to keep investing in their businesses. We will make sure that Australia's small businesses create the economic growth that will drive jobs into the future.

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