Maria Kovacic (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

We have a problem with productivity in our country at the moment. We had a productivity roundtable last week, which has been much publicised, raising a couple of very interesting ideas. The empty bedroom tax, I think, was one of those, which has been discussed here today.

We'll go back to general productivity. Could you please help me understand and explain to me how the government reconciles this bill and the potential impacts of this bill with the fact that Australia's labour productivity is at its lowest level in 60 years, particularly as we've outlined the potential impacts to Australian small businesses.