The New South Wales state government is threatening to pull funding from some Western Sydney libraries, after a local council controversially voted to remove same-sex parenting books from shelves.

NSW Minister for the Arts, John Graham told RN Breakfast the ban is an imported American culture war and sends a "terrible message"  to the community. He says the council is clearly in breach of the library guidelines and community expectations are that a "local councillor should be coming round to pick up their bin, not telling them what to read."

Guest: John Graham, NSW Minister for the Arts