Today's topic is the Turnbull Liberal government's attack on penalty rates. I take umbrage at this. The Turnbull Liberal government has not attacked penalty rates; I have. On behalf of the Liberal Democrats, I introduced a bill to abolish weekend penalty rates for small businesses. It was co-sponsored by Senator Day. The government has done nothing.

Similarly, the Council of Small Business, the Liberal Party cheer squad, that pretends to represent small business has done nothing. The council has even attacked my bill, saying, 'Weekends are still weekends' and medium sized businesses would see my bill as unfair.

If you are a small business that wants real representation, I suggest you dump your membership of the council and join the Liberal Democrats or, worst case, Family First.