Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance) (14:45): Let me say right up front that this government is the best friend that small business has ever had. Let me also say that this is the government which delivered small business tax cuts, which the previous government kept talking about and promising but which, of course, were never delivered. This government is working to strengthen growth. This government is working to ensure that significant mining and infrastructure projects can proceed, because we understand the beneficial flow-on impacts for small business from a more strongly growing economy. Small business across Australia understands that the worst friend of small business— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. A point of order, Senator Whish-Wilson? Senator WHISH-WILSON: Mr President, I raise a point of order in relation to relevance. I did specifically ask—and I know that you listen to the questions carefully—what the impediments were, political or otherwise, to the implementation of an effects test. The PRESIDENT: I will remind the minister of the question. He has 17 seconds in which to answer. Senator CORMANN: I think if you look closely at the question you will see that the good senator was asserting some level of support by the Greens for small business. Small business across Australia knows that the Greens are the worst enemy of small business, because the Greens are antigrowth, antijobs— (Time expired)