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- Malcolm Bligh Turnbull AC (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian former politician and businessman who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
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Malcolm Bligh Turnbull AC (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian former politician and businessman who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia .
Apr 30, 2024 · Political Affiliation: Liberal Party of Australia. Malcolm Turnbull (born October 24, 1954, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian politician who was MP for Wentworth (2004–18), leader of the Liberal Party of Australia (2008–09; 2015–18), and prime minister of Australia (2015–18).
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Aug 24, 2018 · Barrister, journalist, businessman, articulate and a renowned independent thinker, Mr Turnbull was long regarded as a coming man of Australian politics. He entered the national parliament in a...
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The Prime Minister opens the Liberal party room meeting by calling a leadership spill, surprising most of his colleagues. Mr Dutton challenges, but the PM narrowly wins 48 votes to 35. The challenger resigns from his Cabinet position as home affairs minister.
Frontbenchers and Dutton supporters Michael Sukkar, James McGrath, Angus Taylor, Zed Seselja, Michael Keenan, Steve Ciobo, Greg Hunt, Alan Tudge, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells offer to quit the ministry. The PM declines all resignations except Senator Fierravanti-Wells, whose highly critical resignation letter accuses the party of moving too far away ...
The PM insists the frontbenchers who offered to resign are back in his camp and maintains he has the support of most of his party room. Key conservative Mathias Cormann holds a press conference alongside the PM and publicly declares: "I support Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister." A series of Cabinet ministers and Dutton supporters are seen going i...
Senator Cormann visits the Prime Minister to tell him that five Cabinet ministers have switched support to the Dutton camp since Tuesday's meeting and advises him that "he no longer enjoyed the support of the majority of members in the Liberal Party party room". The Finance Minister offers to resign but is rebuffed. The Dutton camp starts circulati...
Mr Sukkar and Senator Seselja also formally resign and add their names to the petition. Mr Dutton tells the Prime Minister he has the numbers and wants to challenge him for the leadership again, but Mr Turnbull refuses the request to call a party room meeting. Senator Cormann goes to see the PM again to reiterate what he told him on Wednesday and a...
With the make-up of the Government in flux, Christopher Pyne moves a motion to adjourn Parliament early, which is upheld. An hour later, Mr Turnbull fronts the media and says he will only call a new party-room meeting once he sees a letter with signatures of a majority of the party room supporting Mr Dutton. He says that meeting will happen at midd...
With speculation swirling about who has the numbers, Queensland MP Warren Entsch says he will cast the crucial 43rd vote for a spill if it is required. As requested by the Attorney-General, Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue releases his legal advice about Mr Dutton's eligibility to sit in Parliament, saying the former home affairs minister is "not...
In the party room, Liberal MPs vote 45-40 to spill the leadership positions. Ms Bishop, Mr Morrison and Mr Dutton all nominate for the top job, but Ms Bishop is knocked out in the first round of voting. Mr Morrison wins the second round 45-40 to become the party's leader and Australia's 30th prime minister. Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg wins an "...
Feb 5, 2024 · In candid interviews for the ABC political docuseries Nemesis, Liberal MPs, cabinet ministers and the prime minister at the centre of what's been dubbed "the week of madness" have revealed how Malcolm Turnbull was torn down in a feverish and ultimately shambolic coup.
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Sep 15, 2015 · A former leader of the Liberal Party in opposition, Malcolm Turnbull became Australia’s 29th prime minister after successfully challenging Tony Abbott in a leadership ballot in September 2015. A Rhodes scholar, high profile lawyer and businessman, Turnbull was a staunch republican who was elected for the Sydney seat of Wentworth at the 2004 ...
Australia's prime ministers. Malcolm Turnbull: fast facts. Malcolm Turnbull was the Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. Personal profile. Born. 24 October 1954, Sydney, New South Wales. Education. University of Sydney: Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws. University of Oxford: Bachelor of Civil Law (Rhodes Scholarship) Employment.
