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

I think we all acknowledge in this place that everybody's personal circumstances are just that: their own personal circumstances. Certainly we also all know that in relation to small businesses the best thing we can do at this point in time is to assist them by getting vaccinated. The Prime Minister, alongside the states and territories, has worked to develop our four-phase plan to see us through COVID-19 and to get us out the other side. As more and more Australians get vaccinated—and it is pleasing to see that the vaccination rates in Australia are accelerating; it took us I think six days to get from 13 million to 14 million—we are protecting Australians against the virus. As we all know, getting vaccinated protects you, it protects your family and it protects your community. We want to see small and family businesses in particular prosper and grow, and one of the things we can do collectively is get vaccinated. (Time expired)