Greens promote small businesses
Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown today launched a suite of measures to assist small businesses.
The launch with ACT Greens Senate candidate Lin Hatfield-Dodds was at a restaurant in suburban Canberra.
Senator Brown said that small businesses were the power-house of employment in Australia, providing jobs for 5 million people.
Senator Brown is advocating a change to banking laws to help small businesses and flagged new opportunities in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industry.