ANDREW WILKIE MP
Federal Member for Denison Small businesses in the electorate of Denison: 10,300*
What is your small business story?
“Before entering Parliament my then wife and I ran a Persian rug shop in Hobart for three years.”
What has your experience with small business taught you?
“It allowed me to refine a broad range of skills, for instance financial management, understanding of the legislative framework and salesmanship.”
What message do you have for Australia’s small business owners?
“Hang in there. You are in many ways the backbone of the economy especially in Tasmania where the 32,000 small businesses really are the driving force in the economy.” Visit Andrew Wilkie MP’s website at www.andrewwilkie.org. * Source: “Australian Small Business – Key Statistics and Analysis”, Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education, December 2012 We will be releasing small business stories from Australian politicians regularly in the lead up to the election on 7 September 2013. Read other stories that we have published here.
