If I could say something about Capricornia, and it came out in your previous report, there is no doubt that the end of the mining boom has led to an economic downturn in central Queensland, and that is why people… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
I'm confident as a supporter of same sex marriage, I'm confident that there'll be a yes vote in that plebiscite, and that the parliament… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
I am because the Chinese have agreed - entered into this agreement in 1997. It sets out the circumstances in which the release of… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
She is not being preferenced - she's not on our preference card because Pauline Hanson's view of Australia is basically a very - it's… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
The Coalition's message of jobs and growth is resonating very, very strongly in North and Central Queensland and one thing they're particularly fearful of is the possibility of a Green-Labor government, a government in which the Green tail wags the Labor dog. — George Brandis Copy Share
I joined the Young Liberals when I was 16 and it was a good way for me to understand how the Liberal Party worked… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
We have a great literary tradition in Australia. I think the book is very much alive and the more people who are encouraged to… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
That was an extremely unhelpful thing for Bill Shorten to say because those of us - and as the Attorney-General I've been closely involved in this along with my colleague Nigel Scullion, the Minister for Indigenous Affairs - what we have been trying to do for some years now, throughout the life of the Coalition Government in fact, is to… — George Brandis Copy Share
The modern Australia, the Australia of the 21st Century, Malcolm Turnbull's Australia has nothing to do with the kind of protectionist and xenophobic attitudes… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
If there were to be a Labor-Greens government, that would be the end of the Adani mine, that would be the end of coal mining in central Queensland, and that would be the end of their best shot at economic prosperity in the future. — George Brandis Copy Share
This is a very practical discussion about the fact that one of the largest coal companies in the world, Adani, wants to build one… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
This is an issue that the Prime Minister put on the COAG agenda. First of all, it is something that would only apply in… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.I want an Australian vision of arts policy that… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
