George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Minister for the Arts and Sport) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you so much, Senator Boyce. I will not weary you with all the other reviews in the remaining few pages of this very, very flimsy polemic. I have only got a minute. But I might mention what the Labor Party arts policy document does not cover. It says nothing about the visual arts other than some remarks about Indigenous art. When it comes to Indigenous art, the Australian Labor Party will have a review of policies in relation to the protection of Indigenous artists. There is nothing about the major performing arts companies. We are not even going to have a review of them, except of course the review of the Australian National Academy of Music. There is nothing, for instance, about NIDA and nothing about the Australian Ballet School. There is nothing—not a word—about infrastructure and no mention of literature other than in the context of Indigenous art, where we are going to have a review as to the availability of literature in the Indigenous sector. (Time expired)