Senate debates

Monday, 13 August 2007

Questions without Notice

Australian Literature

2:55 pm

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

The recommendations include:

Education ministers should consider establishing a scheme to assist publishers in keeping Australian classics in print;

A group of distinguished writers, teachers and scholars should be convened to establish a list of Australian literary works that form part of the intellectual inheritance of all Australians;

The Howard government will stand on the side of Australian parents in defending the right of every child to be taught our nation’s rich literary heritage, unobstructed by left-wing prejudices, ideological obsessions and postmodernist fads.

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