*Check against delivery* Small businesses and family enterprises are fundamental drivers of jobs, of innovation and growth in our country as it is in yours. Access to affordable finance is the oxygen of enterprise and along with human capital and the accessibility of markets, is one of the primary preconditions for enterprise and the kind…

*Check against delivery* Thank you for your warm welcome. It’s a pleasure to be here. I’d like to thank David and CEDA for the opportunity to address you today. Today I want to talk about the Government’s Review of Competition Policy, and about why it’s so important for Australia’s productivity, growth and living standards that…

*Check against delivery* Thank you for your warm welcome, and for the invitation to be with you today for this important event in the Tax Institute’s calendar. It’s a great pleasure to be here. Your “meeting at the crossroads” theme is very topical as there is a bit going on in your space at the…

*Check against delivery* Thank you for the invitation to be here tonight. I want to acknowledge my friend and colleague, Karen Andrews MP and Ms Ros Bates MLA – Member for Mudgeeraba. I would also like to acknowledge Councillors and Chamber of Commerce members who have come along tonight. I learnt something tonight about your…

*Check against delivery* Thank you all for inviting me along tonight and for all contributing to your local community and the economy. A warm welcome to various Chambers of Commerce Presidents who have come along tonight. I know you do your jobs for all the glamour they attract, but seriously it’s a really important role…

*Check against delivery* Good morning and thank you for inviting me along today. The Prime Minister spoke with you this morning and I understand that went extremely well and there was a little low value threshold conversation that took place and I am happy to go over that ground further if you like. My role…

*Check against delivery* Thank you for inviting me along to this important networking opportunity that captures a defining moment, not only in China’s development, but the relationship between our two countries. It has enormous implications for both of our countries and I think we are ideally suited to be good partners together, particularly in the…

*Check against delivery* Thanks for that warm welcome. It’s a great pleasure to be here at the 2014 National Consumer Congress. I’d like to thank the ACCC for once again hosting this important gathering. This year’s theme is right on the money. Consumption is increasingly moving online, and we need to make sure consumer protections…

*Check against delivery* Thank you for your warm welcome today, and thank you to the Fair Work Ombudsman for hosting and organising this roundtable. Small business and family enterprises are fundamental drivers of jobs, innovation and growth in Australia. We need to make sure that our workplace relations laws and regulations are meeting the needs…