Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

Of course, a vote for a Liberal-National government is always going to be a vote to support the backbone of the Australian economy. And those, of course, are the up to 3.3 million small and family businesses employing almost seven million Australians. Whether it's our tax cuts, whether it's extending the instant asset write-off or whether it's ensuring that our small and family businesses are able to take into account the opportunities to become exporters and grow their businesses, we, on this side of the chamber, will always go into bat for small and family businesses. Why? Because we know that when Australia's small and family businesses succeed then our nation as a whole succeeds.

What we will never do is put in place policies that attack small and family businesses, because a business that has to close employs no-one. We will always support small and family businesses so that they can prosper and grow and employ more Australians. (Time expired)