George Brandis Quotes - Page 3

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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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• 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 was interested in politics since the age of 14.

  George Brandis

  Age

  Source: thebriefonline.atavist.com

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• The [Maicolm] Turnbull government's position on this is perfectly clear. We believe that there should be a plebiscite so that all Australians can have their say, and that is what Australians want.

  George Brandis

  Believe, Government, Want

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• I would say to the people of Queensland, and to all listeners around the country, is that if you want stable government in the next term of parliament, it's not just enough to reelect the [Malcolm] Turnbull government. It's also important to elect a senate which will be able to deal with the important reforms, with the important legislation, in a way in which the senate in the last parliament was unable to deal with.

  George Brandis

  Country, Government, People

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• There always are a basket of issues in any federal election campaign, but in this part of Australia [Capricornia] I can assure you having as you know a fairly frequent visitor to Rockhampton, that the issue of jobs and employment and where the jobs of the future are coming from, is the biggest single issue on people's minds.

  George Brandis

  Jobs, Australia, Issues

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

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I'd say about Malcolm Fraser, as he said about himself, is that he was always, from the day he entered Parliament in 1955 until the day he died today, was a Liberal.

  George Brandis

  Today, Parliament, Said

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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