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…

- 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 xenophobic…

- George Brandis

I was President of the Queensland Young Liberals in 1981.

- 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 the parliament will then mo…

- George Brandis

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…

- 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 Government's propos…

- George Brandis

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 t…

- George Brandis

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 …

- 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 to talk about …

- George Brandis