Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The important aspect of tax cuts for businesses is that they will allow them to continue to employ Australians and to grow their businesses and employ more Australians. By helping companies, we allow them to employ. We allow them to provide benefits to employees. So it is absolutely essential that we do what we can to support businesses in Australia, particularly those who are not necessarily in the fast lane, who are not associated with the mining boom. Some of those companies are doing it tougher, but they employ thousands and thousands of Australians. The company tax cuts we bring before this parliament will allow more jobs for Australians, so we urge the Liberal Party to join us in supporting company tax cuts rather than the approach they have now, which is to seek to increase company tax rather than support the government's plans to support small business in this country. (Time expired)