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2014

Small Business Forum with Karen Andrews MP and Mudgeeraba Chamber of Commerce, Mudgeeraba

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.

Eden-Monaro Small Business Forum, Catalina Country Club, Batemans Bay

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.

Australian National Retailers Association Breakfast, Parliament House, Canberra

Good morning and thank you for inviting me along today.

Australia Chinese Business Council Canberra Networking Day

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.

The importance of a strong consumer law in the digital age, Speech to the 2014 National Consumer Congress, Sydney

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.

Address to Fair Work Ombudsman Small Business Forum, RACV Club, Melbourne

Thank you for your warm welcome today, and thank you to the Fair Work Ombudsman for hosting and organising this roundtable. 

Institute of International Finance Conference, G20 Sydney

Small businesses and family enterprises are fundamental drivers of jobs, of innovation and growth in our country as it is in yours.

Launch of ‘The Village’ at NAB, Melbourne

This is a very exciting project. It’s a big bank walking the talk which understands how big a deal small business is to our economy and to our community.

Address to the Mitre 10 Conference, Gold Coast

Your brand’s been with us for half a century - its trusted, it's respected, it's been part of the community that I've grown up in and so many across Australia and it's not a surprise that 450 priva