George Brandis Quotes

We have a great literary tradition in Australia. I think the book is very much alive and the more people who are encouraged to read books the better our society will be and the wiser our society will be.

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• Society
• Read
• Wiser

Historically, it's very unusual after a change of government for the new government not to be returned.

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• Change
• Government
• Returned

I think it's important to have a blend just as we need to have by the way a mix of different opera companies and different arts companies.

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• Need
• Companies
• Mix

The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.

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• Universal
• Belong
• Great Works

One of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption.

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• Free
• Politics
• Corruption

As a Liberal of course I am very strongly committed to the notion of artistic freedom and very hostile to the idea of there being a single view of cultural policy dictated from on high.

George Brandis

• Freedom
• View
• Cultural

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 will then move very swiftly to implement the will of the people.

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• People
• Will
• Parliament

I am the enemy of anything parochial.

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• Enemy
• Anything

I am a very, very strong advocate of the notion that we shouldn't equate the arts with other aspects of infrastructure. They have a unique role in any civilised society and that requires appropriate and targeted government support.

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• Art
• Support
• Government

We need to tell Australian stories,we need to encourage and fund and present Australian work but we also need to understand that for a sophisticated, educated, culturally aware, modern nation we can't be parochial.

George Brandis

• Work
• Stories
• Australian