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

Thank you very much indeed, Senator Gallagher, for being so generous as to ask me that question, because it does give me the opportunity to speak of one of the great new arts initiatives which this government is introducing with this budget, the National Program for Excellence in the Arts, which will invest $107 million over four years to widen access to arts funding.

Senator Gallacher, it should be pointed out, to put this in context, that for the second consecutive year there has been no significant reduction in arts funding overall.