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Senator the Hon Mark Arbib – Minister for Employment Participation

Thanks for visiting the Stimulus website – and a special welcome to small business owners.

There are just so many opportunities for small business coming out of the Stimulus Plan.

Almost 70 per cent of the Stimulus Plan is infrastructure. That means over the next 12 months there’ll be around 35,000 building projects getting underway right across the country.

The Stimulus is all about jobs. Jobs in local communities, jobs for trades people, contractors, suppliers, and importantly, work for small businesses everywhere.

Here in the small business section of the website, you’ll find contacts and tendering information for construction work on schools, housing and community projects.

Remember to keep coming back to the website because we’re constantly updating it.

You should keep an eye out for job opportunities coming out of the insulation program which starts 1 July.

Small business is the engine room of our economy. The Stimulus Plan will support you through the global recession, so you can keep employing people, and help our country recover.

I hope you find this site useful.