Mr LAUNDY (Reid—Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation) (14:35): I thank the member for Bonner for his question, and I look forward to joining him on Friday to meet with many small and family business operators in his electorate. We have a plan on this side, and the Treasurer has been speaking about it up hill and down dale, as has the Prime Minister. He delivered at this dispatch box last night the latest addition and update to a plan for a stronger economy where we create more jobs and businesses create more jobs, and that allows us to support more essential services for hardworking Australians. I was looking back at the plan of those opposite. In the last financial year that the Rudd-Gillard government ran this economy, there was a net decrease of 61,000 businesses in this country, irrespective of size. Under the Turnbull coalition government's plan, updated, as I said, last night by the Treasurer, in the last financial year there have been—keeping in mind that the decrease of 61,000 for Labor was across businesses irrespective of size—65,000 new businesses started just in the small and family business space. That's why it's important that we legislate tax relief for small and family businesses—some 3.3 million of them. Why? Because they employ 6.8 million hardworking Australians. This is where you get the thousand jobs a day from this plan. This is how you enable and empower businesses and people that are prepared to take on bank debt, back themselves and employ people—something those opposite would know nothing about. They are prepared to put their family's home on the line, get out there and employ hardworking Australians. Mr Perrett interjecting— Ms Husar interjecting— The SPEAKER: The minister will pause for a second. The member for Moreton is warned. The member for Lindsay's been warned and she can leave under standing order 94(a). The minister can resume his answer. The member for Lindsay then left the chamber. Mr LAUNDY: The risk to the plan is a change in government. Why? We heard this while we were away: we know about some of the harsh things that may happen on a change of government, but what we don't know is about the secret deal that the Leader of the Opposition has with unions and his union mates. Most notably, at least half the frontbench, according to The Australian, are concerned because they don't know what's in it. They should be concerned. They should be concerned, and why? Would you trust the Leader of the Opposition to go into a room and argue for a wage increase on your behalf, Mr Speaker? That's the question we'll be asking between now and the next election. The Leader of the Opposition's secret plan with his union mates, most notably the CFMEU, will put a wrecking ball through this economy, putting at risk everything that has been gained by the business community, irrespective of size, over not just the past 12 months but the past five years. Our plan is about improving opportunities for all Australians, reducing pressure on households and providing more certainty when it comes to providing the essential services they have come to expect.