George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Singh, as you know as the shadow spokesman for the arts in this chamber, the arts budget covers a variety of different creative activities. Australia can be very, very proud indeed of its arts companies, its arts practitioners and its arts administrators.

Senator Wong interjecting —

And they do too, Senator Wong. I am delighted say they do. One of the initiatives that the government did announce as part of the budget—and this in a time of straitened financial circumstances, I might say, thanks to the legacy of Senator Wong and her colleagues on the opposition front bench—was an increase in funding to the Australian Ballet School to enable the Australian Ballet School—