George Brandis Quotes

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• I wouldn't necessarily assume that because Capricornia has traditionally been a Labor seat, that it'll go back to the Labor Party this time because the big issue in Capricornia which is based on the city of Rockhampton is the fact that the economy is - the regional economy is in a poor shape as a result, in particular of the decline of the mining industry and they are looking to the Carmichael mine, the Adani project as containing all of the prospects that they see for their future and that is why people in Rockhampton are very, very fearful of a Labor-Greens government.

  George Brandis

  Party, Government, Cities

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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

  George Brandis

  Corruption, Has Beens

  Source: thebriefonline.atavist.com

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• We must break out of this mindset in Australia that we are a small nation on the other side of the world from the main, great Western nations. Australia is the twelfth largest economy in the world. We are a not insignificant player in commerce, in geopolitics and we must be in culture as well and we are.

  George Brandis

  Player, Australia, Culture

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• 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 in Capricornia, and elsewhere in central Queensland too, are so desperate for a government that will protect their jobs and create new opportunities for jobs in the future. And that is why [Malcolm] Turnbull government's message of jobs and growth and its six point economic plan is so important to them.

  George Brandis

  Jobs, Opportunity, Government

  "Coal mining essential for Central Queensland jobs: Brandis". "AM" with Michael Brissenden, www.abc.net.au. June 21, 2016.

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• I am because the Chinese have agreed - entered into this agreement in 1997. It sets out the circumstances in which the release of a prisoner who is the subject of a transfer may occur in exceptional circumstances. So the Chinese, having agreed to those principles, I'm sure have no objection to them being applied in this particular case.

  George Brandis

  Agreement, Chinese, May

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• There could be constitutional problems with executive detention if it is seen to be arbitrary. I didn't actually say that the NSW Government's proposed anti-terrorism bill was necessarily unconstitutional - that was sloppy journalism - I said that executive detention may raise constitutional problems if it is seen to be arbitrary as being an invasion of the judicial function.

  George Brandis

  Government, Arbitrary, May

  Source: thebriefonline.atavist.com

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• 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.

  George Brandis

  Sex, Moving, People

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• This is a very practical discussion about the fact that one of the largest coal companies in the world, Adani, wants to build one of the, develop one of the largest coal mines in Australia in this region of Australia. And if they get the green light to do that, that will secure the economic future of people in Rockhampton, and people in central Queensland. It will secure their jobs in the future, and that's what they're concerned about.

  George Brandis

  Jobs, Light, Australia

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• I joined the Young Liberals when I was 16 and it was a good way for me to understand how the Liberal Party worked and to learn basic political skills and techniques.

  George Brandis

  Party, Skills, Political

  Source: thebriefonline.atavist.com

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• 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

  Dog, Jobs, Government

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• I'm reading Barnaby Rudge, one of the less well-known Dickens novels. I've been a life-long lover of Charles Dickens ever since I think A Tale of Two Cities was the first Dickens novel I read.

  George Brandis

  Reading, Thinking, Cities

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• The thing about Dickens is you either love him or you hate him and I fell in love with Dickens, I fell in love with his prose style and I decided that I wanted to read the whole Dickens verve during the course of my life.

  George Brandis

  Hate, Style, Wanted

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• You can't be selective about freedom of speech. If you say you believe in freedom of speech you have to acknowledge the people whose views you disagree with, people whose views you may detest, nevertheless have the right to freedom of speech.

  George Brandis

  Believe, Views, People

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• One of the senior Labor frontbenchers from Queensland, Terri Butler, said that she was against the Adani mine. So that is the clearest statement we've had from a person who would be a member of a Shorten government, that if there were to be a Shorten government as far as she's concerned, the Adani mine wouldn't go ahead. People in Rockhampton know that and they're very worried about it.

  George Brandis

  Senior, Government, People

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Capricornia is one of the most marginal seats in the country. So naturally the electoral battle is fought in the marginal seats.

  George Brandis

  Country, Battle, Seats

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Capricornia there is a particular regional particularity and that is the Adani mine. We know that Adani, the massive Indian coal company, wants to develop the Carmichael mine... And people in Rockhampton know that and they know that the Greens are doing everything they possibly can to prevent the development of the Adani mine.

  George Brandis

  People, Coal, Development

  "Coal mining essential for Central Queensland jobs: Brandis". "AM" with Michael Brissenden, www.abc.net.au. June 21, 2016.

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• 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

  Government, Would Be, Coal

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• If you were a person in Rockhampton who is wondering where your next job was coming from, and you had the prospect of one of Australia's largest ever coal projects with a very, very long life span being developed and reviving the regional economy. And you saw the Greens in particular doing their little best to stop it happening.

  George Brandis

  Jobs, Australia, Long

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Opera Australia has a mix - it produces new work, it produces from the classical repertoire and, particularly in more recent years, it's done those blockbuster musicals which are very lucrative for it and reach an audience that classic opera or a new opera perhaps wouldn't reach, like South Pacific for example.

  George Brandis

  Years, Australia, Example

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Michelle Landr is a fabulous member of Parliament. She is a true representative of that community. She's a classic middle-of-the-road Australian who represents the interests of her community with passion and with a lot of common sense.

  George Brandis

  Passion, Common Sense, Community

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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

  George Brandis

  Thinking, Glory, Programming

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• 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.

  George Brandis

  Art, Thinking, Important

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• 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.

  George Brandis

  Book, Thinking, Australia

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• I've never been one of those people, who subscribe to this notion that the book is dead.

  George Brandis

  Book, People, Notion

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• There wasn't a lot of music in the home when I was growing up. We didn't have a piano or anything like that but my grandmother, had been a well-known piano teacher.

  George Brandis

  Teacher, Growing Up, Home

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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