Anne Aly (Cowan, Australian Labor Party, Minister for International Development) Share this | Hansard source

I do want to thank the member for Menzies for his question. We've spent a lot of time in Menzies, the member and I, visiting local businesses in his electorate. More recently we visited the Box Hill markets where we stopped at Blissful Station and met the owner-operator there, Lan, who treated us to some pretty delicious vegan dumplings. Now, I'm not very big on vegan dumplings, but I have to say those from Blissful Station were pretty good.

From Box Hill to Broome, right across Australia, Australian small businesses create jobs and they support families and local communities and economies in our regions and in our cities. That's why the Albanese government is backing Australia's record high 2.66 million small businesses to run and to grow and to succeed. Australians have started 800,000 new small businesses since we came into office. That's a clear sign of ambition and resilience and belief in the future. As someone who has owned and operated small businesses—

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