Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's wonderful that you've given me that list. Just listening it to it, there was Woolworths, Qantas and all these others. My question was, basically, that if something is at the smaller end, can they afford the enterprise-bargaining agreements of the larger businesses? It's just ridiculous to say that you've had all these meetings with these people when the question is, 'Have you actually consulted with these businesses and can they actually afford it?'

If a small business is going to have to get legal advice, consultation and everything they have to go through then you're going to put an extra $14,000 cost on that small business to be able to deal with all this. So my question, again is—and I'll repeat it: have you had any feedback from businesses that are saying they're actually going to have trouble affording this? Will it affect their businesses? Has any business told you that this will impact on them and that it will possibly force them to shut down their business or take it overseas?