❓ Question regarding the impact of the 'V8 economy' on small and medium-sized enterprises in WA. The Minister's response highlights positive trends in small business confidence and profitability, attributing it to the government's support and the resources boom.
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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY
I congratulate the Minister for Energy on his great initiative. I think it will make a great difference to people’s lives. Can the Minister for Small Business advise how the state’s V8 economy is impacting on the confidence of small and medium-sized enterprises in Western Australia? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH
I congratulate the Minister for Energy on his great initiative. I think it will make a great difference to people’s lives. Can the Minister for Small Business advise how the state’s V8 economy is impacting on the confidence of small and medium-sized enterprises in Western Australia? Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH
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Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I thank all my colleagues in the chamber who are concerned about my health - even those of them who did not want me to recover! Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I thank all my colleagues in the chamber who are concerned about my health - even those of them who did not want me to recover! Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I thank all my colleagues in the chamber who are concerned about my health - even those of them who did not want me to recover! Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I thank all my colleagues in the chamber who are concerned about my health - even those of them who did not want me to recover! Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I thank all my colleagues in the chamber who are concerned about my health - even those of them who did not want me to recover! Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH replied: Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I thank all my colleagues in the chamber who are concerned about my health - even those of them who did not want me to recover! Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Mr Speaker - Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I thank all my colleagues in the chamber who are concerned about my health - even those of them who did not want me to recover! Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I thank all my colleagues in the chamber who are concerned about my health - even those of them who did not want me to recover! Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I thank all my colleagues in the chamber who are concerned about my health - even those of them who did not want me to recover! Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : It is a great story to tell about the confidence of small business. Obviously, the figures from the latest Sensis small business survey indicate that small business is absolutely benefiting from the V8 economy. I do not care who is driving it, but I am sure that it is in the safe hands of both the Premier and the Treasurer and will be driven well. There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
There has been an increase to 71 per cent in small business confidence in the past three months. That is the highest figure in the nation. We are the only state to record improved confidence in the quarter. Western Australia has recorded the highest profitability performance anywhere in the country and was 14 per cent above the national average. Across the nation, the largest improvement in business confidence was recorded in regional areas of Western Australia. It is amazing that these figures coincidentally equate to the time I have been Minister for Small Business. The survey is proof that the Carpenter government is bolstering small business confidence on the back of our resources boom. The Carpenter government is providing the necessary support to small businesses, particularly in the regions, to help them grow and prosper. I was in Bunbury yesterday, and small businesses there are booming and are delighted with what the Carpenter-led government is doing. Unlike the opposition, we will never use the less-with-less approach to provide services to small businesses. Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Several members interjected. Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
Mr N.R. MARLBOROUGH : I started my comments by saying that it is a great time for small business in Western Australia. The jobs that are emanating from that area are extremely important to the state presently and will be in the future. I thank both the Premier and the Treasurer for the great job they are doing in helping to drive that economy in the right direction.
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