Cut and paste churnalism* in the lead up to the 2013 Australian federal election campaign

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The Federal Nationals Member for Cowper Luke Hartsuyker’s media release of 8 July 2013:

Coalition’s policy to reduce regulation will give North Coast small business a break - Hartsuyker

July 8, 2013

Small business on the North Coast will be the main beneficiaries from the Federal Coalition’s commitment to cut red and green tape, Federal Member for Cowper Luke Hartsuyker said today.

Newsagents, dry cleaners, butchers, restaurants, fruit shops and small businesses across the region will benefit from the Coalition’s policy to reduce regulation.

“Small businesses across the region are really struggling because Labor has smashed consumer and investor confidence,” Mr Hartsuyker said. “Local small business owners and community groups tell me they are spending more time than ever complying with red tape.  

                         

“Small business people are expected to be the chief salesperson, the HR manager, the financial controller and the lawyer.  It’s a tough ask at the best of times, and even tougher when you are expected to comply with more and more regulation. Small businesses don’t have compliance departments – and nor should they.  We need common sense to prevail again.

“Under the Rudd-Gillard Government, 21,000 additional regulations have been added despite having promised to cap the growth of regulation.  Our policy will cut $1 billion in red and green tape costs every year – that means more jobs, more productive businesses, more efficient government and less costs to consumers and taxpayers.”

Mr Hartsuyker said the Coalition’s policy to Boost Productivity and Reduce Regulation will shift the focus from more regulation to less. 

If elected, a Coalition government will undertake a range of measures to deregulate the economy. These include:

•  Repealing Labor’s carbon tax;
•  Setting aside two Parliamentary sitting days for the repeal of legislation each year;
•  Reporting to Parliament annually on red and green tape reduction;
•  Creating a dedicated unit within each department and agency that is charged with driving red tape reduction;
•   Linking the remuneration  of senior public servants to quantified and proven reductions in red tape;
•  Establishing a  one-stop-shop for environmental approvals;
•   Allowing small  businesses to remit compulsory superannuation payments made on behalf of workers directly to the Australian Taxation Office;
•  Transferring administration of paid parental leave from business to the Family Assistance Office; and
•  Amending the Future of  Financial Advice legislation to reduce compliance costs for small business financial advisers.

Mr Hartsuyker recognised that all modern economies need regulation, but excessive regulation results in more costs than benefits and destroys the incentive to work, or in the case of community groups, it destroys the incentive to volunteer.  The Coalition will restore the balance.

“I want to make it easier for small businesses to employ people and for community groups to do their work without worrying about red tape.  My message to North Coast small businesses is that the Coalition has a smart plan to cut red tape and costs and that starts with the removal of the carbon tax,” Mr Hartsuyker said.

The Coffs Coast Advocate’s online version of 10 July 2013 which also appeared under a number of other APN digital mastheads:

Coalition promises to cut red and green tape

SMALL business on the North Coast will be the main beneficiaries from the Federal Coalition's commitment to cut red and green tape.

That's according to Member for Cowper Luke Hartsuyker who said newsagents, dry cleaners, butchers, restaurants, fruit shops and small businesses across the region will all benefit from the Coalition's policy to reduce regulation.

"Small businesses across the region are really struggling because Labor has smashed consumer and investor confidence," Mr Hartsuyker said.

"Small business people are expected to be the chief salesperson, the HR manager, the financial controller and the lawyer. It's a tough ask at the best of times, and even tougher when you are expected to comply with more and more regulation.

"Small businesses don't have compliance departments - and nor should they. We need common sense to prevail again.

"Our policy will cut $1 billion in red and green tape costs every year - that means more jobs, more productive businesses, more efficient government and less costs to consumers and taxpayers."

Mr Hartsuyker said the Coalition's policy to boost productivity and reduce regulation will shift the focus from more regulation to less.

If elected, a Coalition government will undertake a range of measures to deregulate the economy. These include:

Repealing Labor's carbon tax;

Setting aside two Parliamentary sitting days for the repeal of legislation each year;

Reporting to Parliament annually on red and green tape reduction;

Creating a dedicated unit within each department and agency that is charged with driving red tape reduction;

Linking the remuneration of senior public servants to quantified and proven reductions in red tape;

Establishing a one-stop-shop for environmental approvals;

Allowing small businesses to remit compulsory superannuation payments made on behalf of workers directly to the Australian Taxation Office;

Transferring administration of paid parental leave from business to the Family Assistance Office; and

Amending the Future of Financial Advice legislation to reduce compliance costs for small business financial advisers.

* Churnalism is a form of journalism in which press releases, wire stories and other forms of pre-packaged material are used to create articles in newspapers and other news media in order to meet increasing pressures of time and cost without undertaking further research or checking.