Senate debates

Thursday, 15 March 2012

Questions without Notice

Small Business

2:31 pm

Photo of Scott RyanScott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Fair Competition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Small Business, Senator Lundy. Is the minister aware of a recent article published by Dun and Bradstreet in the magazine Small Business Insight which states: 'The number of small businesses going bankrupt over the last 12 months jumped by 48 per cent, while small business start-ups fell by 95 per cent over the same period,' and, 'Business failures were up more than 40 per cent'? Given the Prime Minister's announcement yesterday of the coalition's policy—

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