Hawke welcomes "Too Big to Ignore" Small Business Campaign to Mitchell

 Friday, 23 August 2013

Alex Hawke
MP, Liberal candidate for Mitchell, was delighted to join with other local
dignitaries and small business owners to welcome the “Too Big to Ignore” Small
Business campaign to Rouse Hill yesterday morning.

“It was
great to join with the NSW Business Chamber and some of the hard working locals
who work in the over 6,000 small businesses in Mitchell to discuss the
Coalition’s Plan for small business,”

“Conspicuous
by his absence was the Labor candidate for Mitchell, symbolic of how Labor is
missing in action when it comes to assisting small business. After having five
Small Business Ministers in just over 12 months, I doubt that there was much
time to formulate policy in between moving in and out of offices. ” Alex Hawke
said.

 “Only the Coalition stands ready
with real solutions to put the business back into small business.”

An elected Coalition Government
will:

·        abolish the Carbon Tax;

·        cut $1 billion in red and green
tape costs every year;

·        reduce the company tax rate by
1.5 per cent to a new rate of 28.5 per cent;

·        reject Labor’s $1.8 billion FBT
hit on cars;

·        undertake an independent ‘root
and branch’ review of the competition framework;

·        extend unfair contract
protections for small business;

·        defer, by two years, the increase
in compulsory employer-funded superannuation;

·        protect the rights of independent
contractors and the self-employed;

·        improve small business access to
government contracts;

·        ensure government agencies pay
all small business bills within 30 days;

·        provide small business with a
voice on economic bodies;

·        establish a new Small Business
Ombudsman – and specifically work on improving big business ‘fair commercial
conduct’;

·        work with the financial sector to
improve access to small business finance;

·        refine the national Franchising
Code;

·        implement our policy to Boost
Productivity and Reduce Regulation; and

·        ensure small business gets a seat
at the B20 forum.