George Brandis

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…

— George Brandis

I am because the Chinese have agreed - entered into this agreement in 1997. It sets out the circumstances in which the…

— George Brandis

She is not being preferenced - she's not on our preference card because Pauline Hanson's view of Australia is basically a very…

— George Brandis

The Coalition's message of jobs and growth is resonating very, very strongly in North and Central Queensland and one thing they're particularly…

— George Brandis

I joined the Young Liberals when I was 16 and it was a good way for me to understand how the Liberal…

— George Brandis

We have a great literary tradition in Australia. I think the book is very much alive and the more people who are…

— George Brandis

That was an extremely unhelpful thing for Bill Shorten to say because those of us - and as the Attorney-General I've been…

— George Brandis

The modern Australia, the Australia of the 21st Century, Malcolm Turnbull's Australia has nothing to do with the kind of protectionist and…

— George Brandis

If there were to be a Labor-Greens government, that would be the end of the Adani mine, that would be the end…

— George Brandis

This is a very practical discussion about the fact that one of the largest coal companies in the world, Adani, wants to…

— George Brandis

This is an issue that the Prime Minister put on the COAG agenda. First of all, it is something that would only…

— George Brandis

The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.I want an Australian vision of arts…

— George Brandis

Abdul Nacer Benbrika's sentence doesn't expire, I'm told, until 2021, but I think it would be invidious for me as the Attorney-General…

— George Brandis

I've always been a lover of classical music ever since I was an early teenager I suppose. I remember the very first…

— George Brandis

I would say to the people of Queensland, and to all listeners around the country, is that if you want stable government…

— George Brandis

The tyranny of distance is such an important element of policy and the allocation of resources.

— George Brandis

I think the cultural programming on the ABC is one of the glories of the ABC.

— George Brandis

Well I'm not making predictions. But the point I can - what I can say to you to contribute to your thinking…

— George Brandis

It is a necessary precondition for the success of a referendum that there should be broad community consensus and bipartisan support for…

— George Brandis

There could be constitutional problems with executive detention if it is seen to be arbitrary. I didn't actually say that the NSW…

— George Brandis

You can't be selective about freedom of speech. If you say you believe in freedom of speech you have to acknowledge the…

— George Brandis

Opera Australia has a mix - it produces new work, it produces from the classical repertoire and, particularly in more recent years,…

— George Brandis

I think it's very, very important that people outside the capital cities, not just Sydney and Melbourne but also Brisbane Perth Adelaide…

— George Brandis

There wasn't a lot of music in the home when I was growing up. We didn't have a piano or anything like…

— George Brandis

I am a very, very strong advocate of the notion that we shouldn't equate the arts with other aspects of infrastructure. They…

— George Brandis