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George Henry Brandis QC (born 22 June 1957) is an Australian diplomat and former politician who is Australia's designate High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. He previously served as a Senator for Queensland between 2000 and 2018, representing the Liberal Party, and was a minister in the Howard, Abbott, and Turnbull Governments.

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I think there has only ever been one member of the Federal Parliament from either side found to have been corrupt in the whole history of Australia. I don't think we should create the architecture to solve a problem which barely exists.

Australia, Exists, Member, Problem, Sides, Thinking

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.

Agreement, Chinese, Having, Particular, Principles, Transfer

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.

Believe, Clear, Government, Maicolm, Turnbull, Want

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.

Aware, Nation, Needs, Sophisticated, Stories, Work

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

Belong, Great Work, Tradition, Universal

You asked me about Queensland in particular and regional Queensland where our message of jobs and growth is resonating strongly because that's what is on people's mind, and when the election results are in on 2nd July, I'm confident that that message will be translated into the ballot box.

Jobs, July, Message, People, Translated

I think it would be frankly a retrograde thing for Pauline Hanson to be elected to the Senate.

Hanson, Retrograde, Senate, Think, Thinking, Would Be

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.

Australia, Coal, Future, Jobs, Light

I've always been a lover of classical music ever since I was an early teenager I suppose. I remember the very first piece of classical music that grabbed me was I bought an LP of Daniel Barenboim performing Mozart's piano concertos and I would have been about 14 or 15 at the time and I remember I played it over and over again.

Teenager, Piano, Pieces, Played, Barenboim

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 a very old view.

Australia, Basically, Cards, Old, Preference, Views

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.

Artistic, Freedom, High, Hostile, Ideas, Views

There have been 44 constitutional referenda in Australia and only eight have succeeded.

Australia, Eight, Has Beens, Referenda, Succeeded

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.

Coal, Development, Particularity, People, Possibly

Well I'm not making predictions. But the point I can - what I can say to you to contribute to your thinking is as somebody who has been out knocking on doors, doing the street corners, speaking to constituents right across the country is that the Government - that people understand that the Government's message of jobs and growth is addressing their concerns and they have a level of - a high level of confidence that Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison are the people who can deliver.

Country, Jobs, Speaking, Thinking

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.

Common Sense, Community, Interests, Passion, True

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

Abc, Cultural, Glory, Programming, Thinking

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.

Coal, Economic, Government, Queensland, Would Be

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.

Art, Arts, Important, Mix, Think, Thinking

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 to talk about individual cases or to anticipate the way in which a court, because it would be a judicial decision, might at some unspecified future time dispose of an application under a law that hasn't even yet been enacted.

Application, Decision, Individual, Law, Thinking, Told

This is an issue that the Prime Minister put on the COAG agenda. First of all, it is something that would only apply in an extreme case where the service by a terrorist of a sentence of imprisonment had in no way curbed their desire or their intention to commit terrorist offences in the community, so that this is a - would be a public safety measure. The second point I'd make to you is that this is not unknown to the law.

Commit, Issues, Law, Safety, Service

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