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Scott Morrison doubles down on small business: Has Australia moved from Mr harbourside mansion to Mr neighbourhood chip shop?

Less than a day after fast-tracking $29.8 billion in SME tax cuts, Scott Morrison has opted to back small businses in a spat with large firms over energy.
Matthew Elmas
energy
Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Less than two months after becoming Australiaโ€™s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison is positioning his government squarely behind small businesses in the lead up to the next election.

In a surprising move on Friday morning, Morrison used a spot on ABC Radio to utter a phrase thatโ€™s often used by his political opponents as a weapon against him.

โ€œThe top end of town might have their disagreements with us from time to time, but what we do is we back small and family businesses,โ€ he said.

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