Small business has had enough, ACCI says Small business is fighting back after feeling left out in the cold during this era of minority government. The Australian Chamber of Commerce of Industry (ACCI) is galvanising small business owners into action through its "Small Business: Too Big to Ignore" campaign heading towards the September 14 federal election, and beyond. "This period of a minority parliament and minority government has magnified small business frustrations," ACCI chief executive Peter Anderson said in a speech in Canberra. Small business feels squeezed from influence when minority voices and interest groups hold sway. Mr Anderson was launching the second phase of the too big to ignore campaign - The Big 4 You Can't Ignore - at the National Press Club on Wednesday. The four key issues small businesses want addressed are cutting red tape, simplifying the tax system, making it easier to employ people and building better public infrastructure. Mr Anderson said small business was suffocating "at every level" of government regulation and the tax system was impossible for the average small business person to understand and comply with. Mr Anderson said with jobs being exported abroad he wants the "job destroying" payroll tax reduced and then phased out. However, he said the business community was not advocating an increase in the GST to replace payroll tax revenue. The government also needs to encourage private and foreign investment in infrastructure. "The government has to lift its horizons," Mr Anderson said. Spending money on some small scale projects, or spending money on things that are not going to provide a mid to long term economic reform is not the best thing. ACCI's list of needed infrastructure projects include a commitment to a western Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek, and building the case for a high speed rail network linking east coast capitals including Canberra. "Small businesses may be small voices on their own, but together they are too big to be ignored by our country or its politics," Mr Anderson said.