Federal Small Business Minister Michael McCormack said he would be closely watching Amazon in the early years to ensure that it paid its fair share of tax and didn't unfairly use its traditional business model of running its retail operations at a loss for year after year while making handsome profits from its Amazon Web Services cloud computing arm. (afr.com)
But perhaps the most damning public verdict delivered in the first 48 hours of Tory conference came from former business minister Anna Soubry. (totalpolitics.com)
The backlash suggests that May has not significantly strengthened her position among many Tories since the immediate aftermath of the general election, when former business minister Anna Soubry said the prime minister should «consider her position» and former chancellor George Osborne described her as a «dead woman walking». (totalpolitics.com)