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

The election will soon be called and it presents a stark choice for all Australians. They can vote for the job-creating, tax-reducing policies of the Liberal-National Party or, alternatively, they can vote to pay higher taxes, they can vote to pay more for their electricity, they can vote for lower wages and they can vote for job losses because that is what they will get under a Shorten Labor government. On this side of the chamber, we believe in putting in place the right economic framework to ensure that our businesses—in particular, our small and family businesses, the backbone of the Australian economy—are able to prosper, grow and create more jobs for Australians, because we know, when a small business does prosper and grow, the whole of Australia benefits.