St George Business Chamber

Hansard ID: HANSARD-1323879322-108417

Hansard session: Fifty-Seventh Parliament, First Session (57-1)

St George Business Chamber

Mr MARK COURE (Oatley) (21:10):

:05 I acknowledge the great work of the St George Business Chamber in launching its new Buy Local initiative. This new campaign aims to promote, support and benefit small businesses and communities within the local area, covering around 16,000 business that fall within the Georges River Council area. The initiative will assist small businesses to grow, create more local jobs and give back to the community. Small businesses employ almost 50 per cent of the New South Wales workforce. As a former small business owner myself, it is great to see the St George Business Chamber pioneer this initiative, which will see our small business owners supported and given a genuine chance of success. I thank Alan, Carlos and Tony and the rest of the executive of the St George Business Chamber for their efforts in giving a voice to local small business, and I look forward to seeing the success of this fantastic initiative in the future.