Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Red and green tape: what it does is stop businesses from taking on their first employee. Red and green tape: it stops businesses from prospering and growing. Red and green tape: it stops businesses from expanding their businesses, growing, and employing more Australians. That is why the Morrison government is focused on getting rid of as much unnecessary red and green tape as we can. We understand that you need to take the regulatory burden off businesses, off employers, so that they can unlock investment, grow their business and create more jobs.

One of the things we have achieved as a government is that we've made it easier for Australians to work across state borders. That is a good thing—in particular, when you look at tradies. Tradies on the Gold Coast can now go just a few kilometres down the road to Tweed Heads and do the same job without paying for a different trade licence. We will look at where we can remove regulatory burden on businesses so that—