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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is the minister aware of ASIC data which shows that small business insolvencies have hit a record high over the past 12 months, since the carbon tax was introduced? When will the government finally concede that its carbon tax has made the operating and input costs of running a small business more expensive at a time when few have the capacity to absorb this impost or pass it on to consumers?