Source: David Adams / SmartCompany
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Out of government for the first time in a decade, and with its electoral grip still loosening, the Coalition has a new message for small business voters: despite the odds, the Opposition is working on its own policy playbook.
Tuesday saw the launch of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia (COSBOA) National Small Business Summit, with the morning’s proceedings headlined by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.
The speech comes months after the passage of Labor’s landmark industrial relations reform package, which the Coalition branded as a disaster for small business, and days after a stinging by-election defeat saw the Liberal Party concede yet another seat in Federal Parliament.
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