Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

We took the yoke of unfair dismissal from the neck of small business, and they responded, as Senator Campbell will see if he reads the Econtech report. If the Australian Labor Party is proud of an increase of 1.4 per cent in interest rates, if the Australian Labor Party is proud of a loss of 360,000 jobs, if the Australian Labor Party is proud of a significant reduction in GDP, then you go ahead and make your changes. Then you can come back to the Australian people again after you have destroyed small business and you can apologise. The Australian Labor Party has never been a friend of small business. This legislation is just part of a package of support for the small business sector, which we have always supported and will continue to support.