194-633: Prime Minister of Australia [REDACTED] The Turnbull government was the federal executive government of Australia led by the 29th prime minister of Australia , Malcolm Turnbull , from 2015 to 2018. It succeeded the Abbott government , which brought the Coalition to power at the 2013 Australian federal election . The government consisted of members of Australia's Liberal - Nationals Coalition . Turnbull took office by challenging his leader, Tony Abbott , in an internal leadership ballot . Warren Truss ,
388-724: A 2009 leadership spill . The Coalition's position in the polls was improved by the leadership change, and Abbott went on to lead the Coalition to the 2010 federal election (which resulted in a hung parliament) and to win the 2013 federal election , returning to power after six years in opposition. Turnbull served as Minister for Communications in the Abbott government , and oversaw the National Broadband rollout. The Abbott government delivered its election promises of removing industry taxes on mining and carbon emissions, and halting unauthorised boat arrivals, but its first Budget 's expenditure cuts and surprise revenue proposals met with
582-447: A GST increase was "on the table", stating that any increase in the GST would be offset by tax breaks and Morrison indicated that superannuation tax would be reviewed. Through in to 2016, Morrison made the case for an increase in the GST. In February, Turnbull ruled out pursuing a GST increase. Two days before the 2016 Council of Australian Governments ' (COAG) meeting, Turnbull responded to
776-536: A Rhodes Scholar , earning a Bachelor of Civil Law degree. For more than two decades, he worked as a journalist, lawyer, merchant banker , and venture capitalist . He was Chair of the Australian Republican Movement from 1993 to 2000, and was one of the leaders of the unsuccessful "Yes" campaign in the 1999 republic referendum . He was first elected to the Australian House of Representatives as
970-648: A Rhodes Scholarship and attended Brasenose College, Oxford , where he briefly studied for a business degree before switching to a postgraduate Bachelor of Civil Law from 1978 to 1980, graduating with honours. While at Oxford, he worked for The Sunday Times and contributed to newspapers and magazines in both the United States and Australia. He befriended the future UK prime minister Theresa May , who credits Turnbull for encouraging her husband Philip May to propose to her. Turnbull also met his future wife, Lucy , during this time. During Turnbull's time at Oxford,
1164-561: A double dissolution trigger. An election was held on 2 July, and the government was returned with its majority in the House of Representatives reduced to one seat. The 2016 election saw a resurgence of the right wing Pauline Hanson 's One Nation Party, and discontented conservative Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi left the party and established the Australian Conservatives soon after. The now elected Turnbull government secured passage of
1358-701: A member of parliament (MP) for the division of Wentworth in New South Wales at the 2004 election , and was Minister for the Environment and Water in the Howard government from January 2007 until December 2007. After coming second in the 2007 leadership election , Turnbull won the leadership of the Liberal Party in a leadership spill the following year and became Leader of the Opposition . However, his support of
1552-499: A university don wrote of him that he was "always going to enter life's rooms without knocking". After graduating from Oxford, Turnbull returned to Australia and began working as a barrister . He was general counsel and secretary for Australian Consolidated Press Holdings Group from 1983 to 1985. During this time, he defended Kerry Packer against the "Goanna" allegations made by the Costigan Commission , accusing Packer of
1746-648: A 50,000 strong petition calling for his deportation. In response to Maraku's case, Dutton stated: "It's no different to being invited into somebody's home - you don't start assaulting the residents of that house, you don't start assaulting Australian citizens and if you do you are shown the door." In early July 2018, Dutton ordered the deportation of controversial New Zealand Baptist Pastor Logan Robertson, who had disrupted services at two mosques in Kuraby and Darra in Brisbane. Dutton approved Robertson's visa cancellation on
1940-558: A Special Category Visa for five years and to maintain an annual income of $ 53,900. Between 60,000 and 80,000 New Zealanders residing in Australia are eligible for the Skilled Independent subclass 189 visa. By February 2018, 1,512 skilled independent visas had been issued by late February 2018 with another 7,500 visas still being processed. The Skilled Independent subclass 189 visa was criticised by Australian Greens Senator Nick McKim as
2134-442: A big push to try to deport those paedophiles. In response, Professor Patrick Keyzer and Dave Martin of La Trobe University criticised Dutton's pedophilia remarks as misleading and contended that most deportees from Australia had spent most of their lives in Australia and had little ties to New Zealand. In October and November 2019, Dutton expressed his views on protesters and police response. He stated that when protesters break
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#17328547730412328-440: A book on the trial, titled The Spycatcher Trial . "The fact of the matter is that nothing is achieved in this world, particularly politically, other than with persistence, and persistence involves repetition and it involves argument and re-argument... The public interest in free speech is not just in truthful speech, in correct speech, in fair speech... The interest is in the debate. You see, every person who has ultimately changed
2522-530: A cabinet reshuffle. In September 2015, Dutton cancelled the visa of anti-abortion activist Troy Newman , over remarks in his 2000 book Their Blood Cries Out . In 2016, News Corp Sunday political editor Samantha Maiden wrote a column critical of Jamie Briggs . Dutton drafted a text message to Briggs describing Maiden as a "mad fucking witch" but inadvertently sent it to Maiden. Maiden accepted an apology from Dutton. On 5 June 2015, Dutton denied claims made by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young that she
2716-505: A campaign in an attempt to defeat Dutton in Dickson. In response, Dutton said GetUp! was, "deceptive", "undemocratic" and "unrepresentative" and that he would back "parliamentary processes to bring the activist group to heel." GetUp! has defended the effectiveness of its campaigning in Dutton's electorate. In March 2021, Dutton was appointed Minister for Defence . On 21 May 2021, Dutton directed
2910-608: A civilised country". However, his offer was rejected by Afrikaner rights organisation AfriForum , which stated that the future of Afrikaners was in Africa, as well as by the survivalist group the Suidlanders , which took credit for bringing the issue of a purported " white genocide " to international attention and for Dutton's decision, and was met with "regret" by the South African foreign ministry . The Australian High Commissioner
3104-619: A democracy means" and claimed that he's "starting to sound more like a dictator than he is an elected politician. Because somebody says something that he doesn’t like, that he doesn’t support, he’s saying we’re going to strip away income support." In November 2019, Dutton said that the States should make protesters pay for the cost of police response to demonstrations. He said of protesters: "For many of them they don't even believe in democracy... These people are completely against our way of life. These people can protest peacefully, as many people do, but
3298-616: A different book, and that the government had lied to the court through the trial. The case was successful after going through the New South Wales Court of Appeal , stopping the British government's attempts to suppress the book's publication in Australia. The case was widely reported, making Turnbull a public figure in Australia and the United Kingdom, and causing the book to sell over 2 million copies in Australia. Turnbull later wrote
3492-496: A former MI5 official who wrote the book Spycatcher , detailing his work for the spy agency during the Cold War . The British government had obtained an injunction to stop the book's sale, and wanted to do the same in Australia. Turnbull argued that the book had nothing new in it, that other books with never-before-seen confidential information had been allowed by the British government with minimal changes while wanting to restrict
3686-520: A former staffer to Alexander Downer and an Advertiser journalist, as his chief of staff. In May 2009, Turnbull attacked the 2009 Australian federal budget which came amidst the fallout from the global financial crisis . In June 2009, Godwin Grech, a Treasury civil servant, privately contacted Turnbull, alleging that a car dealer with links to the Labor Party had received preferential treatment under
3880-592: A hostile reception in the Senate and media. Monarchist Abbott's decision to knight the Duke of Edinburgh brought heavy media criticism, and amid declining poll numbers for the Coalition, rumours of an intention by republican Malcolm Turnbull to challenge for the leadership continued. On 5 February, Fairfax reported that leadership speculation was at "fever pitch" after backbench Senator Arthur Sinodinos (a demoted-Minister) questioned Abbott's judgement on Sky News and refused to confirm if
4074-526: A journalist, a barrister and a merchant banker. He also headed the Australian Republican Movement , and had been active in the failed "Yes" campaign for the 1999 republic referendum. The Howard government was defeated at the 2007 federal election by the Australian Labor Party led by Kevin Rudd . In the aftermath, Turnbull entered and lost in the ensuing ballot for the Liberal Party leadership , which
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#17328547730414268-606: A large apartment in Point Piper , and the pressure of the school fees was relieved. Although a mediocre mathematician, Turnbull excelled in Greek, English, and History, and joined the debating and drama clubs, where he won the Lawrence Campbell Oratory Competition and starred in numerous Shakespeare plays, respectively. He was made senior school co-captain in 1972, however, contrary to certain sources, Turnbull
4462-468: A leaked report regarding his plans for reforms to income tax levying. At a press conference at a Penrith football field, Turnbull announced a plan to hand the states income taxing powers, which he explained would be "the most fundamental reform to the federation in generations". State and Territory leaders rejected the plan outright, and Turnbull withdrew the initiative two days later following the COAG meeting. In
4656-465: A loss of driving confidence resulting from an incident in August 1998. He was driving an unmarked Mazda 626 during a covert surveillance operation, before rolling his car while in pursuit of an escaped prisoner who was driving erratically. Dutton also suffered numerous physical injuries during the accident, and as a result, was hospitalised briefly and bedridden for a week. He had sought damages of $ 250,000 from
4850-639: A meeting of the National Security Committee of Cabinet . Turnbull said a political solution, not a military invasion was needed for Syria. France announced that the Paris attacks were an act of war and secured a UN Security Council Resolution authorising the use of military force against the Islamic State and the al-Nusra Front . In the aftermath of the attacks, some of the Turnbull Cabinet criticised
5044-420: A new "super" department with broad responsibilities brought together from other existing departments. After the defeat of Abbott, Dutton became widely seen as the leader of the conservative faction in the Liberal Party, and began to be spoken of as a potential leader. In August 2018, after a period of poor opinion polling for the Coalition, Dutton unsuccessfully challenged Turnbull for the leadership. He then
5238-509: A number of Abbott government initiatives, promising a plebiscite legalising same-sex marriage, concluding Abbott era initiatives on an anti-domestic violence campaign, funding the National Disability Insurance Scheme , signing a China free trade deal, and reforming Senate voting. The April 2016 refusal of the Senate to pass the government's bill to re-establish a watchdog for the construction industry provided Turnbull with
5432-518: A plebiscite prior to any amendment to the Marriage Act to recognise same-sex unions as "marriages" under Australian law. Turnbull dropped Abbott, Joe Hockey , Eric Abetz , Ian Macfarlane , Kevin Andrews , Michael Ronaldson and Bruce Billson from his ministry, but increased the number of cabinet ministers from 19 to 21. Polling was initially favourable to Turnbull following the leadership change, but
5626-512: A position he held until January 2006. He was then appointed Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Revenue . He successfully retained Dickson at the 2007 election , which saw the government lose office. However, his margin was reduced to just 217 votes more than Labor's Fiona McNamara. Following the 2007 election, Dutton was promoted to shadow cabinet by the new Liberal leader Brendan Nelson , as Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation. In 2008, he chose not to be present in
5820-451: A possible increase in inflation as a concern. After months of consistently poor opinion polling, Turnbull challenged Brendan Nelson for the leadership on 16 September 2008. He won the ballot by four votes and became Leader of the Opposition . Later that month, Turnbull confessed that he had smoked marijuana in his younger days, becoming the first Liberal Leader to make such an admission. In early 2009, Turnbull appointed Chris Kenny ,
6014-615: A professor of history at the University of New South Wales . When Turnbull was nine, Salmon received a teaching post in New Zealand , and Coral went with him, ending the marriage. Bruce told Turnbull that Coral was studying for another degree, which although Coral did get a PhD in New Zealand, was an effort by Bruce to hide the fact that Coral had left him. Turnbull was from then raised solely by his father. Turnbull suffered from asthma as
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6208-484: A reduced 58% two-party vote from a large 10.9% two-party swing. A controversy occurred during the election campaign, when the president of the Australian National Imams Council , Sheikh Shady Alsuleiman participated in an Iftar dinner hosted by Turnbull at Kirribilli House . Turnbull said he would not have invited Alsuleiman if he had known of his position regarding homosexuals. At the election,
6402-777: A reduced by 2.5%.; university fees would go up by $ 2,000 to $ 3,600 for a four-year course, an increase of 1.8% in 2018, and 7.5% by 2022; and from 1 July 2018, the income level at which HECS debt repayments start would be reduced, from $ 55,000 to $ 42,000. In 2017 the Turnbull government commissioned David Gonski to chair an independent panel, the Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools, to examine evidence and make recommendations on how school funding should be used to improve school performance and student outcomes. This report, having followed an earlier report commissioned by
6596-577: A referral to the High Court. Dutton was reappointed to his former Home Affairs portfolio by Scott Morrison in the Morrison Ministry ; however, responsibility for Immigration was stripped from the role and was assigned to David Coleman . Dutton was re-elected at the 2019 federal election . The political think tank GetUp! identified Dutton as "Australia's most unwanted hard-right politician" after surveying more than "30,000 members". GetUp! mounted
6790-523: A return of just 10%. In spite of the economic cost, Turnbull stated that whilst subsidising broadband to regional areas is "fiendishly expensive", there was no other option. In December 2014, Turnbull brokered a deal between the Australian government, NBN Co and Telstra whereby NBN Co acquired Telstra's copper network and hybrid-fibre coaxial (HFC) to deliver the NBN. Telstra and NBN Co agreed to work together on
6984-586: A situation similar to Bob Day's case . Although Dutton had received legal advice stating that he was not in breach of section 44(v), Labor had received contrary advice; at Turnbull's request, the Attorney-General referred the matter to the Solicitor-General . On 23 August, Labor attempted to move a motion to refer Dutton's eligibility as an MP to the High Court , in a similar manner to referrals made during
7178-691: A slap-down to Tony Abbott for lecturing European leaders over their refugee policies as he arrived in Berlin" to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel . Turnbull said "I have no intention or desire to give advice on these matters to the German Chancellor". On the night of 13 November, a co-ordinated series of terrorist attacks were launched on Paris by IS sympathisers, and over 120 people were killed. Turnbull, still in Germany following his meeting with Merkel, expressed "resolute solidarity with people of France" and held
7372-466: A stake in the internet service provider OzEmail in 1994 for $ 500,000. He sold this stake several months before the dot com bubble burst in 1999 for $ 57 million to then-telecommunications giant MCI Worldcom . In May 2002, Turnbull appeared before the HIH Insurance royal commission to be questioned on Goldman Sachs's involvement in the possible privatisation of one of the acquisitions of
7566-745: A stealth means of favouring "English-speaking, white and wealthy" migrants. In February 2018, Dutton used his discretionary powers as Minister of Home Affairs to deport New Zealander Caleb Maraku on the grounds that he breached the "character test" provision of the Migration Act 1958. Maraku had been sentenced to 12 months probation for committing a one punch attack on another youth in Queensland's Gold Coast in November 2017. Maraku's perceive lenient sentencing and insensitive behaviour following his sentence had drawn substantial media and public attention, including
7760-583: A strong package of practical, affordable health policies that would strengthen general practice", while Cancer Council Australia said that "Dutton's promise to finalise the bowel cancer screening program by 2020 would save an additional 35,000 lives over the next 40 years." As the 2010 election approached, it looked like Dutton would lose to the Labor candidate due to a redistribution of division boundaries that had erased his majority and made Dickson notionally Labor. To safeguard himself, Dutton sought pre-selection for
7954-508: A subsequent interview, Dutton vowed to push forward with his plans, saying that his critics were "dead to me". In April 2018, it emerged that Dutton's department had previously blocked asylum applications by a white farmer, and another white South African woman, with the decisions upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal . As both Immigration Minister and Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton has defended an amendment to
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8148-427: A targeted, evidence-based investment in mental health", but not all experts agreed. Dutton retained his seat with a positive swing at the 2010 federal election , despite an unfavourable redistribution. In the lead-up to the 2013 federal election , he announced a range of Coalition health policies, which were received favourably by industry groups. The Australian Medical Association said "the Coalition has delivered
8342-466: A total of $ 4 billion worth of deals from Turnbull, as well as control of the water portfolio, in exchange for a continued Coalition agreement. Turnbull stated that he would not lead a government that did not take climate change seriously. On 21 March 2016, Turnbull announced that Parliament would consider bills to reinstate the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC), with
8536-486: A two-bedroom flat in Vaucluse , where Turnbull would attend the nearby public school . Bruce and Coral's marriage was an unhappy one, and Turnbull wrote that the couple rarely slept or spent time together, only staying married due to himself. Coral frequently belittled her husband about his lack of education and that the fortunes of the family depended on her. Coral started spending increasing amounts of time with John Salmon,
8730-639: A video alongside police personnel to announce the policy, sparking criticism of the potential use of police for political purposes. In March 2019, the Australian Federal Police Association had claimed that the AFP should be removed from the Department of Home Affairs to preserve its integrity and its ability to carry out investigations without government influence. Association president Angela Smith described it as "an embarrassing situation... We look
8924-481: A wrecker of a first term Liberal government". In his first press conference as Treasurer, Scott Morrison indicated a reduction in government expenditure, and stated that the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) and White Paper on tax reform would arrive on time. On 1 October 2015, Turnbull hosted an economic summit at Parliament House , which included representatives from industry, unions, government and
9118-469: A young child. After spending his first three years of schooling at Vaucluse Public School , he started boarding at Sydney Grammar School in St Ives . Turnbull wrote that he hated boarding school, as he was bullied due to bed wetting . Bruce, now a single father, had troubles paying school fees, causing many letters to be sent to the Turnbull residence from the school bursar . These financial issues forced
9312-687: Is a nephew of Rupert Murdoch . Turnbull refused to answer questions regarding Handbury's contribution to the Wentworth Forum, the main fund-raising organisation for Turnbull's 2007 election campaign. Turnbull retained his seat at the 2007 federal election with a two-party vote 1.3% swing in Wentworth, despite a 5.6% swing away from the Coalition in the state, and a 5.4% swing against them nationwide. After John Howard lost his seat of Bennelong , on 25 November 2007 Peter Costello , who Howard stated publicly should succeed him, announced he would not seek
9506-546: Is also of Scottish descent; his great-great-great-grandfather John Turnbull (1751–1834) arrived on the Coromandel in 1802 in New South Wales and became a tailor. In an interview in 2015, Turnbull said that his middle name "Bligh" has been a family tradition for generations, originally given in honour of Governor William Bligh . Turnbull's parents married in December 1955, fourteen months after his birth. The Turnbulls lived in
9700-442: 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 and was the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Wentworth from 2004 to 2018. Turnbull graduated from the University of Sydney as a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws , before attending Brasenose College, Oxford , as
9894-485: Is an Australian politician. He is the current Leader of the Opposition , holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia since May 2022. He has been the member of Parliament (MP) for the division of Dickson since 2001 . Dutton previously served as the minister for Defence from 2021 to 2022 and the minister for Home Affairs from 2017 to 2021. He held various ministerial positions from 2004 to 2022 in
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#173285477304110088-459: The 2004 federal election as an independent candidate. As a result, the traditionally safe Liberal seat became an electoral wildcard, the contest becoming a three-person race between Turnbull, King and the Labor candidate David Patch. During the campaign, Turnbull spent over A$ 600,000 on his campaign. While the Liberal primary vote eventually fell by 10.3% to a total 41.8%, King received only 18% of
10282-476: The 2010 federal election , Turnbull was re-elected with an 11.01% two-party swing towards him. After discussing the possibility of a return to the Shadow Cabinet with Tony Abbott, Turnbull was made Shadow Minister for Communications . In his first policy announcement in the role, Turnbull stated that a Coalition government would "demolish" the recently introduced National Broadband Network . Delivering
10476-795: The 2013 election . Two years later, citing consistently poor opinion polling, Turnbull resigned from the Cabinet on 14 September 2015 and challenged Abbott, successfully reclaiming the leadership of the Liberal Party by ten votes. He was sworn in as prime minister the following day. The Turnbull government initiated the National Innovation and Science Agenda as its key economic priority, working to promote STEM education, increase venture capital funding for new start-ups , and launch an "ideas boom". Turnbull also pursued "city deals" with local and state governments to improve planning outcomes and encourage investment in major infrastructure projects such as
10670-588: The 2016 federal election and resigned with immediate effect as Parliamentary Leader of the National Party of Australia . Truss announced that he would resign from the Ministry. On 12 February, it was reported that Stuart Robert was resigning from the ministry after an internal investigation, ordered by Turnbull, concluded that he had "acted inconsistently with the Statement of Ministerial Standards". The investigation
10864-522: The Cabinet as Minister for the Environment and Water . In this position, Turnbull approved a proposed A$ 1.7 billion Bell Bay Pulp Mill in north Tasmania , near Launceston . Turnbull's approval of the Bell Bay Pulp Mill project of Gunns came on 4 October 2007 and followed a report by the government's chief scientist Jim Peacock on the project's potential environmental impact, which required
11058-595: The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme proposed by the Rudd government in December 2009 led in turn to a leadership challenge by Tony Abbott , who defeated Turnbull by a single vote. Though initially planning to leave politics after this, Turnbull chose to remain and was later appointed Minister for Communications in the Abbott government following the Liberal-National Coalition's victory at
11252-539: The Gillard government and also chaired by Gonski between 2010 and 2013, was referred to as Gonski 2.0, and was published on 30 April 2018. Julie Bishop backed Turnbull's replacement of Tony Abbott as prime minister and retained the post of Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Turnbull government. Andrew Robb supported Abbott, but remained Minister for Trade and Investment until announcing his retirement in February 2016. He
11446-505: The Migration Act 1958 that facilitates the denial or cancellation of Australian visas for non-citizens on "character" grounds. This stringent "character test" also affects non-citizens who have lived most of their lives in Australia or who have families living in the country. New Zealand nationals living in Australia were disproportionately affected by this "character test" with over 1,300 New Zealanders having been deported from Australia in
11640-616: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme . On 13 January 2017, Turnbull announced that Ley had resigned from the ministry, following an expenses scandal. Greg Hunt was appointed as Ley's replacement as the Minister for Health and Sport, and Ken Wyatt was appointed Assistant Minister for Health and Minister for Indigenous Health and Aged Care, both with effect from 24 January 2017. Malcolm Turnbull Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954)
11834-579: The Republic Advisory Committee , charged with exploring ways of moving Australia to a republican form of government by replacing the Queen of Australia with an elected Australian head of state. Later that year, Turnbull became Chair of the Australian Republican Movement , a position he would hold until 2000. He was an elected delegate at the 1998 Australian Constitutional Convention in Canberra . At
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#173285477304112028-428: The Solomon Islands under the trading name Silvania Forest Products. The latter's work was described by the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau as a " clear-felling operation", and the then Solomon Islands Prime Minister Solomon Mamaloni reportedly threatened to close it down for "constant breaches of logging practices", according to a critical article in the Solomon Times . Turnbull purchased
12222-445: The Western Sydney Airport . In 2016, Turnbull led the Coalition to a narrow victory in a double dissolution election . In his second term, Turnbull initiated and campaigned for the "Yes" side in the same-sex marriage plebiscite , which was ultimately successful. Turnbull also announced Snowy Hydro 2.0 , a major expansion of the Snowy Mountains Scheme as a key component in enabling the transition to renewable energy . In late 2017,
12416-399: The Young Liberals in 1988 aged 18. He became the policy vice-chair of the Bayside Young Liberals the following year and chair of the branch in 1990. At the 1989 Queensland state election , the 19-year-old Dutton ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal candidate against Tom Burns , a former state Labor leader, in the safe Labor seat of Lytton . Upon leaving high school, Dutton graduated from
12610-451: The mass poisonings of Aboriginal Australians at Kilcoy in 1842. Dutton is the eldest of five children, with one brother and three sisters. His mother Ailsa Leitch worked in childcare and his father Bruce Dutton was a builder. Dutton finished high school at the Anglican St Paul's School, Bald Hills . He worked cash in hand at a butcher shop during his school years, and his parents separated shortly after he graduated. Dutton joined
12804-678: The subsequent leadership ballot . He was sworn in as the 29th prime minister of Australia the following day. Turnbull announced an extensive reshuffle of the Cabinet on 20 September 2015 to form the first Turnbull ministry . Notably, he increased the number of female Cabinet ministers from two to five and appointed Marise Payne as Australia's first female Minister for Defence . The number of Cabinet ministers rose from 19 to 21. On Turnbull's key policy differences with Abbott, particularly climate change , republicanism and same-sex marriage , he stated that there would be no immediate change before any election. The Nationals successfully negotiated
12998-490: The "people smugglers." In mid-July 2019, Dutton defended Australia's right to deport criminal non-citizens in response to concerns raised by the visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, stating: We need to stand up for Australians. And the New Zealand prime minister is rightly doing that for her people. But where we've got Australian citizens who are falling victim in certain circumstances where people are sexually offending against children, for example, we've had
13192-400: The 2012 Alfred Deakin Lecture on digital liberty, he spoke out strongly against the Gillard government's proposed two-year data retention law. In July 2012, Turnbull was criticised by some Liberal MPs for saying that civil unions should be introduced as a first step towards establishing same-sex marriage in Australia . Tony Abbott rejected Turnbull's suggestion of holding a conscience vote on
13386-441: The 2013 election campaign, Tony Abbott promised a "comprehensive tax white paper" to look at tax reform. In June 2014, Abbott launched the Reform of the Federation white paper, with an eye to clarifying "roles and responsibilities for states and territories so that they are as far as possible, sovereign in their own sphere". In March 2015, Joe Hockey launched the Abbott government's Tax White Paper titled "Re:think". After taking over
13580-529: The 2013 federal election but Abbott had not re-appointed him to the Ministry, and Brough was a backer of the Turnbull leadership push. Andrew Robb had served as Trade Minister in the Abbott government and oversaw free-trade negotiations for Abbott and Turnbull. He announced his retirement in February 2016, but remained assisting in the Trade portfolio. Steven Ciobo became Minister for Trade and Investment in his place. On 11 February 2016, Deputy Prime Minister, Warren Truss , announced his decision to retire at
13774-423: The 2014–15 Budget to a projected $ 15.12 billion compared to $ 13.28 billion in the last full year of the Labor government in 2012–13. In a 2015 poll by Australian Doctor magazine, based on votes from over 1,100 doctors, Dutton was voted the worst health minister in the last 35 years by 46 percent of respondents. On 23 December 2014, Dutton was sworn in as the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection after
13968-453: The 30-consecutive-Newspoll-losses benchmark Turnbull had used to unseat Abbott, in April 2018. The Parliament faced a period of instability under the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis , and the Turnbull government briefly lost its parliamentary majority and Deputy Prime Minister Joyce. Joyce was re-elected, but in February 2018 Turnbull denounced him and forced his resignation after
14162-722: The Abbott government's negotiations for an India Free Trade deal. Turnbull also continued the Abbott government's moves to improve trade relations with Indonesia and Germany, and to establish the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Turnbull met with Indonesian president Joko Widodo and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on his November 2015 world tour and discussed trade. Andrew Robb signed the TPP in February 2016. Health minister, Sussan Ley sought feedback on private health insurance . Hepatitis C treatments were subsidised from March 2016 under
14356-476: The Australian Republican Movement however, he considered running for preselection for the Australian Labor Party . Turnbull's mother was close friends with Premier of New South Wales Neville Wran and Senator Lionel Murphy , who had briefly dated her in university. Both men were members of the Labor Party. Turnbull himself was also friends with another Labor premier, Bob Carr . In 2015, it
14550-591: The Built Environment (Turnbull had initially dumped Briggs from the ministry, but when Bruce Billson declined to accept a demotion, Briggs was reinstated. Following a late-night incident involving a female DFAT staffer in a Hong Kong bar during an official visit in November, Turnbull prompted Briggs to resign and Briggs subsequently quit the Turnbull Ministry on 29 December 2015. The Australian Financial Review reported "government sources" claiming Briggs
14744-527: The Coalition faced internal tensions. By March 2016, Labor and the Coalition were back to 50–50 in Newspoll results. In his final address to the media as prime minister, Abbott expressed pride in the record of his government, but warned against a "poll-driven" political culture and unnamed media figures and politicians who would "connive at dishonour" by spreading anonymous, self-serving claims: "A febrile media culture has developed that rewards treachery" he said. In
14938-423: The Coalition losing its absolute majority in the House of Representatives. Since retiring from politics, Turnbull has become an advisor to Kasada, an Australian cybersecurity start-up. He has been critical of the direction of the Liberal Party, and has joined with his former opponent Kevin Rudd in criticising the dominance of Rupert Murdoch 's News Corp in Australian political debate. Malcolm Bligh Turnbull
15132-511: The Coalition lost 14 seats and retained majority government by a single seat. The result was the closest since the 1961 federal election . In the days following the election, when the result was still not certain, Turnbull had to negotiate with the crossbench to secure confidence and supply support from Bob Katter , Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan in the event of a hung parliament and resulting minority government . In February 2017, Turnbull confirmed he had donated $ 1.75 million to
15326-447: The FTTN trial involving 200,000 premises. In August 2015, Turnbull revealed that the overall end cost of the network build would likely expand up to an additional $ 15 billion, with NBN Co likely to take on the additional expenditure as debt. Though still cheaper than the original Labor Party NBN policy, which aimed to deliver much faster connection speeds, the peak funding requirement under
15520-613: The Governor-General. Dutton was defeated by Treasurer and Acting Home Affairs Minister Scott Morrison by 45 votes to 40. Doubts surrounding Dutton's eligibility to be elected to parliament emerged on the grounds of section 44(v) of the Australian Constitution , as the family trust owned by Dutton operated a child care centre that received over $ 5.6 million in funding from the Commonwealth Government , in
15714-464: The Liberal Party lapse in 1986, before rejoining in 2000. Turnbull was made Federal Treasurer of the Liberal Party in 2000, and was a member of the party's federal and New South Wales executives from 2002 to 2003. He also spent time as a director of the Menzies Research Centre , the Liberal Party's research centre. In 1993, Turnbull was appointed by Prime Minister Paul Keating as Chair of
15908-474: The Liberal Party's election campaign. Asylum seeker policy is a contentious wedge issue in Australian politics, especially since the Tampa affair . Continuing the bipartisan stance of Operation Sovereign Borders has been at the forefront the Coalition's asylum seeker policy. Around 1,250 asylum seekers remain in the offshore processing centres on Manus Island and Nauru . In August 2016, protestors called for
16102-653: The Liberal caucus to give him six months to improve the government's standing. The ABC reported that in the lead up to the motion, the Abbott government had been facing "leaks and growing media criticism". In the months after the failed spill motion, leaking and backgrounding against Abbott continued, but polling for the Coalition initially improved. Following the Second Hockey Budget in May 2015, Newspoll placed Abbott's approval rating at an eight-month high, and in front of Opposition leader Bill Shorten as better prime minister for
16296-521: The Liberal deputy position but losing 70–30. Prior to the ballot, the Deputy Prime Minister, Warren Truss , noted in a news conference that the Coalition agreement between the Liberal Party and the Nationals was negotiated with Abbott and that any change in leader would require it to be renegotiated. Political commentators stated that senior Nationals senators disliked the way that Turnbull handled
16490-474: The Liberal leadership. Although Turnbull defeated Dutton in the party room, a majority of MPs demanded a second spill, which Turnbull did not contest. On 24 August 2018, Scott Morrison defeated Dutton and Julie Bishop in the contest, and replaced Turnbull as prime minister. Turnbull resigned from Parliament, triggering a by-election in his former seat of Wentworth . The Liberal Party lost the by-election to independent candidate Kerryn Phelps , which resulted in
16684-456: The Liberal model ran to between $ 46 billion and $ 56 billion. Following persistent leadership tensions amidst poor opinion polling, a leadership spill motion was moved against Tony Abbott on 9 February 2015. Although the spill motion was defeated 61 votes to 39, Turnbull had been reported as considering a run for the leadership if the spill motion had succeeded. Before the motion Turnbull had told reporters that "if, for whatever reason,
16878-455: The Liberals far behind Labor, Turnbull resigned from the Cabinet and announced he would challenge Abbott for the leadership of the Liberal Party. Turnbull stated that Abbott "was not capable of providing the economic leadership we need" and that the Liberal Party needs a "style of leadership that respects the people's intelligence." Turnbull defeated Abbott by 54 votes to 44 at
17072-640: The Manus Island detention centre in New Zealand and warned that it would have repercussions for the two countries' bilateral relations. He also claimed that New Zealand's offer would encourage people smugglers. Dutton also criticised a New Zealand offer to provide $ 3 million for services for asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru as a "waste of money" that could be spent elsewhere, such as displaced people in Indonesia. In addition, Dutton criticised Australia's Opposition Leader Bill Shorten 's call for Australia to accept
17266-698: The Margaret Thatcher Lecture in London on 28 October, and urged Europe to look to the Australian example of border management, and for the international community to do more to resolve the Syrian conflict. In a joint conference with Turnbull on 13 November, the German Chancellor agreed "Solutions have to be found to allow the European Union to better protect its external borders", but Turnbull did not endorse Abbott's view. News Limited reported that Turnbull "delivered
17460-620: The Mid-East. Shortly after Turnbull took office, Russia commenced a separate military intervention in Syria, against opponents of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad . US Secretary of State John Kerry , criticised Russia's tactics and told the United Nations in response that "we are now in position with France, Australia, Canada, Turkey, and other coalition partners joining the campaign, to dramatically accelerate our efforts". on 27 October, Abbott criticised
17654-794: The New Zealand offer as an attempt to appease the Labor Left with "cheap political stunts and mealy-mouthed words". On 20 December 2017, Dutton was appointed the Minister for Home Affairs with responsibilities of overseeing the Department of Home Affairs which was established on 20 December 2017 by Administrative Arrangement Order. The Home Affairs portfolio is a major re-arrangement of national security, law enforcement, emergency management, transport security, border control, and immigration functions. In March 2018, Dutton made calls to treat white South African farmers as refugees, stating that "they need help from
17848-560: The OzCar program, sparking the ' OzCar affair '. Turnbull later repeated these allegations in Parliament, stating that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Treasurer Wayne Swan had "used their offices and taxpayers' resources to seek advantage for one of their mates and then lied about it to the Parliament" and that they needed to "either explain their actions or resign". On 22 June, the email Grech had secretly provided to Turnbull supporting allegation
18042-529: The Papua New Guinea defence force into the Manus Island Detention Centre . Dutton responded saying "There was difficulty, as I understand it, in the community. There was an alleged incident where three asylum seekers were alleged to be leading a local five-year old boy back toward the facility and there was a lot of angst around that, if you like, within the local PNG community." "I think there
18236-526: The Prime Minister for Counter Terrorism. Immigration Minister Dutton, an Abbott supporter, was excluded from the National Security Committee of Cabinet, reportedly over tensions between himself and Turnbull. As Communications Minister in the Abbott government, Turnbull had distanced himself from the policy emphasis of Abbott by downplaying the threat of Islamic State to the wider world, saying
18430-481: The Prime Minister would still hold his job in a week's time. The following day, the ABC's 7.30 reported that "The tensions between the Prime Minister and the colleagues campaigning to oust him are heading to a showdown." Liberal MPs Don Randall and Luke Simpkins called a February 2015 spill motion to spill the leadership positions of the party, though with no contender. The motion failed 61 to 39. Abbott reportedly asked
18624-523: The Prime Ministership, Turnbull intervened to delay the release of a tax green paper, and the Sydney Morning Herald reported: "According to bureaucrats, the green paper will now not be released until [2016], pending a full 'reset' on taxation policy and a rethink 'from the ground up'. In policy circles, that's regarded as code for the inclusion of the GST." Initially, Turnbull confirmed that
18818-714: The Queensland Police Academy in 1990. He served as a Queensland Police officer for nearly a decade, working in the drug squad in Brisbane in the early 1990s. He also worked in the sex offenders squad and with the National Crime Authority . In 1999, Dutton left the Queensland Police, having achieved the rank of detective senior constable. Documentation filed in the District Court of Queensland in 2000 describes his resignation as being prompted by
19012-538: The Registered Organisations and Australian Building and Construction Commission legislation. In 2017, it announced Federal funds for expansion of Snowy Hydro . In June 2017, it introduced the "Gonski 2.0" reforms to schools funding. Factional strains continued. Turnbull's ousting of Abbott had divided the Liberal Party rank and file and tensions continued in the parliamentary Party. Abbott said Turnbull supporters had plotted against him. The government reached
19206-570: The Republic . When the referendum failed, he accused incumbent prime minister and monarchist John Howard of "breaking the nation's heart". Turnbull retired from the Australian Republican Movement in 2000, having already left the board of Ausflag in 1994; he joined the Australian National Flag Association in 2004. Turnbull has had a long affiliation with the Liberal Party of Australia throughout his career. During his time in
19400-499: The Rudd government's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). Turnbull announced that his policy would be to support the CPRS, despite significant disagreement among his colleagues. In response, Liberal MPs Wilson Tuckey and Dennis Jensen looked to move a leadership spill motion, intending to nominate Kevin Andrews as a challenger to Turnbull. While this attempt failed, increasing numbers of MPs and Senators publicly criticised
19594-642: The Senate consider censuring the Minister for Home Affairs (the Hon Peter Dutton MP) ... for failing to observe fairness in making official decisions as required by the Statement of Ministerial Standards." On 11 September 2015, Dutton was overheard on an open microphone , before a community meeting on Syrian refugees , joking about rising sea levels in the Pacific Islands, saying: "Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have water lapping at your door". Dutton initially refused to apologise, saying it
19788-477: The Sunni Grand Mufti of Australia for offering an apparently equivocal condemnation of the Paris attacks. Turnbull said he did not wish to "engage in a textual debate" from overseas. One of the reasons Turnbull gave for challenging for the Liberal leadership was dissatisfaction with the economic message and tone of the Abbott government. In his first press conference as Prime Minister-designate, Turnbull said
19982-506: The Turnbulls to move from Vaucluse to a small flat in Double Bay , where they lived without much furniture. Turnbull then began to attend Grammar's high school campus on College Street , on a partial scholarship. During this time he lived at the school's former Randwick boarding facilities. Also during this time Bruce remarried, and his business continued to grow. The Turnbulls moved into
20176-603: The U.S. accepting refugees on Nauru and Manus. Turnbull and President Donald Trump held a phone conversation on 28 January 2017, the transcript of which was later leaked to The Washington Post . On 2 February 2017, Trump tweeted that Obama's deal was "dumb". US Vice President Mike Pence later confirmed that the United States would honour the deal, subject to "extreme vetting" of asylum seekers. Australia began receiving Central American asylum seekers in July 2017. Peter Dutton Peter Craig Dutton (born 18 November 1970)
20370-526: The apology, saying he "failed to grasp" its significance. In September 2008, Nelson was replaced as Liberal leader by Malcolm Turnbull , who appointed Dutton as Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing. He retained that position when Tony Abbott succeeded Turnbull as leader in December 2009. In June 2010, Dutton released the Coalition 's mental health policy. The Australian described it as "the most significant announcement by any political party in relation to
20564-461: The area. He then asked the LNP to "deliver him a seat for which he does not have to fight other preselection candidates". Liberal MP Alex Somlyay (the chief Opposition whip of the time) said that Dutton's expectation of an uncontested preselection was "unusual". When the state executive did not provide Dutton an unchallenged preselection, Dutton reluctantly returned to campaign for the seat of Dickson. In
20758-614: The atmosphere, even when there are no clouds. The Australian Rain Corporation presented research documents written in Russian, explained by a Russian researcher who spoke to local experts in Russian. Although Turnbull claimed that the Australian Rain Corporation was Australian-based, investigations revealed that it was 75% Swiss-owned. It was also revealed that a prominent stakeholder in the Australian Rain Corporation, Matt Handbury,
20952-487: The ballot by a single vote. After the shock result, Turnbull returned to the backbench and said he would serve out the remainder of his term as Member for Wentworth. On 6 April 2010, he announced he would not seek re-election to the Australian Parliament. However, on 1 May 2010 he reversed this decision saying that he had been convinced by former prime minister John Howard to not give up his political career. At
21146-407: The bills having previously been rejected twice before. Turnbull stated if the Senate rejected the bills a third time, he would advise the governor-general, Sir Peter Cosgrove , to call a double dissolution of Parliament and a federal election for 2 July. Turnbull also brought forward the delivery of the federal budget from 10 to 3 May to facilitate this. On 18 April, the Senate once again rejected
21340-483: The bills to reinstate the ABCC. On 8 May, Turnbull visited Government House to advise Cosgrove to issue the writs for a double dissolution on 9 May; this confirmed the date of the election as 2 July 2016. During the 2016 federal election campaign, a ReachTEL opinion poll of 626 Wentworth voters conducted on 31 May predicted a two-party swing against Turnbull for the first time since his election to Wentworth, revealing
21534-507: The camera and she loves to see her own name in the paper. That's the start and finish of Sarah Hanson-Young." Hanson-Young responded that "Peter Dutton can attack and insult me as much as he likes, but nothing will change the fact that my work has revealed systemic child abuse and the rape of young women on Nauru under his watch." The spying claims were later confirmed by the Immigration Department and Wilson Security who carried out
21728-422: The carbon reduction policy in 2009, with other Nationals being "deeply upset" that Turnbull did not acknowledge the Nationals during his first press conference as Prime Minister-designate. Despite these very early tensions, the Nationals ultimately struck a new Coalition agreement with Turnbull on 15 September, shortly before Turnbull was sworn in as prime minister. As part of the agreement, responsibility for water
21922-437: The cases, and was seeking to correct Hansard if it did not match his knowledge. A third au pair was granted a visa due to lobbying by AFL chief Gillon McLachlan , she was due to stay with his relative Callum Maclachlan. Dutton's department again warned him there were indications that she was intending to work for Callum's family. A Senate inquiry into two of the cases published a report on 11 September 2018. It recommended "that
22116-520: The centre two weeks earlier to ask for food. He said "It's a total separate incident altogether" The Greens senator Nick McKim said Dutton had been caught telling an outrageous lie. "This has disturbing echoes of the children overboard affair lies." On 31 October 2017, the Papuan Government closed down the Manus Island regional processing centre. However, 600 men residing in the processing centre refused to be moved to alternative accommodation in
22310-429: The challenge posed by Islamist terrorism. Media critics accused Abbott of "sniping". In January 2016, Abbott announced his intention to recontest the seat of Warringah at the next election . He won the seat with 61.55% of the vote. On Turnbull's oft-cited key policy differences, climate change , republicanism and same-sex marriage , as well as wider policy generally, he stated his government would continue to follow
22504-533: The chamber during the apology to the Stolen Generations , which enjoyed bipartisan support. He said "I regarded it as something which was not going to deliver tangible outcomes to kids who are being raped and tortured in communities in the 21st century." Later, in a 2014 interview with the Sydney Morning Herald , Dutton said he regretted boycotting the apology: "I underestimated the symbolic and cultural significance of it." In 2023 Dutton apologised for skipping
22698-520: The closure of camps on Manus and Nauru after The Guardian released leaked incident reports alleging "routine dysfunction and cruelty" on Nauru. In July 2016, the Obama administration set up a refugee centre in Costa Rica in response to a Central American migration crisis . In November, Turnbull and Peter Dutton announced that Australia would accept 1,250 refugees from Central America, in exchange for
22892-462: The collapsed insurance company. The Royal Commissioner's report made no adverse findings against him or Goldman Sachs, however, Turnbull was one of nine defendants who settled later litigation over the collapse in undisclosed payments, thought to be worth as much as $ 500m. In 1981, Turnbull stood for Liberal Party preselection in the Division of Wentworth prior to the 1981 Wentworth by-election . He
23086-569: The confidence of his Party room. Turnbull blamed Abbott, Dutton and conservative media commentators. Malcolm Turnbull entered Parliament as the Member for Wentworth in 2004, and went on to serve as Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister from January 2006, and later Minister for the Environment and Water Resources in the Liberal-National coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard . Before entering Parliament, Turnbull had previously worked as
23280-486: The convention, Turnbull cautioned against mixing the roles of president and prime minister, advocating a parliamentary republic , and supported the bi-partisan appointment republican model adopted by the convention. Turnbull was an active campaigner in the unsuccessful 1999 referendum to establish an Australian republic , serving as Chair of the Yes Committee. He published a book on the campaign, titled Fighting for
23474-512: The course of history has started off being unpopular." Turnbull's closing submissions, 18 December 1986 In 1987, Turnbull established an investment banking firm, Whitlam Turnbull & Co Ltd, in partnership with Neville Wran , the former Labor Premier of New South Wales , and Nicholas Whitlam , the former Chief Executive of the State Bank of New South Wales and the son of former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam . Whitlam parted company with
23668-431: The disruption that they seek to cause, the disharmony that they seek to sow within our society is unacceptable." In December 2019, Dutton announced that airport security measures were to be increased to detect, deter and respond to potential threats to aviation safety. Measures include greater use of canines and the deployment of extra protective services personnel armed with MK18 short-barreled rifles. Dutton appeared in
23862-468: The documentary, criticised Australia's deportation laws for lacking "humanitarian ideals." The documentary's release also coincided with the release of a 17-year-old New Zealand youth from an Australian detention centre, which had caused friction between the two governments. In response, Dutton defended his Government's policy of deporting non-citizen criminals and chastised New Zealand for not contributing enough to assist Australian naval patrols intercepting
24056-557: The election, he won the seat with a 5.9% swing towards him. Dutton retained his seat at the 2013 election. He was appointed to the new ministry by Prime Minister Tony Abbott as Minister for Health and Minister for Sport . As Health Minister, Dutton announced the $ 20 billion Medical Research Future Fund . As announced, the capital and any ongoing capital gains of the Medical Research Future Fund will be preserved in perpetuity. Under Dutton, projected funding in
24250-523: The escaped prisoner's insurance company but dropped the claim in 2005. On leaving the police, Dutton completed a Bachelor of Business at the Queensland University of Technology . He and his father founded the business Dutton Holdings, which was registered in 2000; it operated under six different trading and business names. The company bought, renovated, and converted buildings into childcare centres, and in 2002 it sold three childcare centres to
24444-412: The examples of the Syrian refugee intake and Roads to Recovery. Deloitte Access Economics estimates that the new spending totals $ 5 billion since May. The government said it would remove bulk-billing incentives for pathology services and reduce incentives for MRI services. The social security and welfare payment integrity measures from the previous budget would be broadened to increase revenue. In
24638-620: The findings of the Costigan Commission were handed down, accusing Packer of tax evasion, drug trafficking and murder, Turnbull phoned Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Petersen , requesting an inquest into the Commission's findings. Bjelke-Petersen agreed to hold the inquest, which refuted the Costigan Commission's allegations that Packer had committed murder. In partnership with Bruce McWilliam, he established his own law firm, Turnbull McWilliam. During 1986, Turnbull defended Peter Wright ,
24832-476: The firm in 1990; it operated as Turnbull & Partners Ltd until 1997. Turnbull left the firm he co-founded in 1997 to become a managing director of Goldman Sachs Australia, eventually becoming a partner in Goldman Sachs and Co. Additionally, he worked as a director of Star Technology Systems from 1993 to 1995. During this time Turnbull was also the chairman of Axiom Forest Resources, which conducted logging in
25026-526: The first leader since Alexander Downer to represent a seat outside of New South Wales. Dutton was born on 18 November 1970 in the northern Brisbane suburb of Boondall . Dutton is the great-great-grandson of the pastoralist squatter and politician Charles Boydell Dutton . He is also a descendant of Captain Richard James Coley, who was Queensland's first Sergeant-at-Arms , who built Brisbane's first private dwelling and who gave evidence confirming
25220-419: The first six months of the Turnbull government, a number of senior ministers resigned. Jamie Briggs served as Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Abbott government. An Abbott supporter, he reportedly injured his leg in a party in Abbott's office after Abbott was deposed as Prime Minister , and in which a table was damaged. Turnbull appointed Briggs Minister for Cities and
25414-424: The first time in six months. On 14 September 2015, Turnbull announced that he would be challenging Abbott. Turnbull cited extended poor polling by the Abbott government and a need for a new style of "economic leadership" as reasons for mounting his challenge: "We have lost 30 Newspolls in a row. It is clear that the people have made up their mind about Mr Abbott's leadership", he said. In response, Abbott said that he
25608-544: The government experienced a parliamentary eligibility crisis that saw fifteen parliamentarians forced out of Parliament due to concerns about dual citizenship . To address climate change and reform energy policy, in August 2018 Turnbull proposed the National Energy Guarantee . Although initially agreed to by the Cabinet, the policy was ultimately rejected by the party room. This, combined with poor opinion polling , led to Peter Dutton challenging Turnbull for
25802-466: The government needed to build confidence in the Australian economy amongst the business community. Stephen Koukoulas of the progressive Per Capita think tank wrote for The Guardian that "economic growth is sluggish, unemployment is high, real wages are falling and consumer and business confidence are weak" and that Turnbull therefore had "a year to inject confidence and strength into the economy or else he will be swept from office and condemned to history as
25996-443: The government's first major education policy decision, Education Minister Simon Birmingham announced that the Abbott government's proposed university deregulation plan would be postponed until at least 2017. Furthermore, Birmingham confirmed that any move to reform university funding would not be submitted to Parliament before the next election. In the 2017 Australian federal budget , it was announced that university funding would be
26190-516: The governments of Howard , Abbott , Turnbull and Morrison . Dutton grew up in Brisbane . He worked as a police officer in the Queensland Police for nearly a decade upon leaving school, and later ran a construction business with his father. He joined the Liberal Party as a teenager and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2001 election , aged 30. Following the 2004 election , he
26384-421: The grounds that he had violated the conditions of his visa, stating that "we have a wonderful tradition in our country of freedom of speech, but we're not going to tolerate people going to a place of worship and harassing others." Robertson had early drawn controversy in New Zealand for his homophobic remarks and opposition to same-sex marriage . In mid-July 2018, Dutton's immigration "character test" became
26578-421: The group was "not Hitler's Germany, Tojo's Japan or Stalin's Russia". A 15-year-old Islamist shot and killed a police finance worker outside Parramatta Police Station on 2 October 2015. Turnbull called on Australians to show "mutual respect" following the murder. Amid the deteriorating Syrian Civil War and following Germany's decision to open its borders to large numbers of asylum seekers, Tony Abbott delivered
26772-437: The health portfolio increased in the 2014–15 Budget to $ 66.9 billion, an increase of 7.5 percent from $ 62.2 billion in 2012–13, the final full year of the Labor government. Projected expenditure on Medicare increased over 9.5 percent from $ 18.5 billion in 2012–13 under Labor to a projected $ 20.32 billion in 2014–15 under Dutton. Funding for public hospital services increased by nearly 14 percent under Dutton in
26966-436: The issue. On 9 April 2013, Turnbull and Tony Abbott presented their party's alternative National Broadband Network (NBN) plan. The plan prioritised a modified and scaled-down NBN with " fibre to the node " (FTTN) and last-mile by copper cable . The new policy contrasted with the previous position which had called for the dismantling of the entire NBN. After the Coalition victory in the 2013 federal election , Turnbull
27160-577: The lack of progress of the US–led Coalition on the ground. Turnbull said there were no "current" plans to change the nature of Australia's deployment to the conflict. The ongoing threat of Islamist terrorism made its presence felt in Australia and abroad within the first months of the Turnbull government, with a shooting in Sydney, and major IS-inspired terror attacks in Paris, Beirut, Mali and elsewhere. Turnbull appointed Michael Keenan as Minister Assisting
27354-495: The law "There needs to be mandatory or minimum sentences imposed... A community expectation is that these people are heavily fined or jailed." He also agreed with an on-air statement made by conservative 2GB radio presenter Ray Hadley that protesters should not receive social security payments. Leader of the Australian Greens Richard Di Natale responded by saying that "Peter Dutton doesn’t know what living in
27548-519: The leader of the Nationals, served as deputy prime minister until he retired in 2016 and was replaced by Barnaby Joyce . Joyce resigned in February 2018 and the Nationals' new leader Michael McCormack became deputy prime minister. The Turnbull government concluded with Turnbull's resignation ahead of internal leadership ballot which saw him succeeded as prime minister by Scott Morrison and the Morrison government . In mounting his 2015 public challenge for
27742-457: The leadership of a political party is vacant then anyone, any member of the party can stand, whether they be a minister or a backbencher, without any disloyalty to the person whose leadership has been declared vacant." Despite the defeat of the February 2015 spill motion, questions over Abbott's leadership did not abate, with the government consistently performing poorly in opinion polls. On 14 September 2015, after 30 consecutive Newspolls had put
27936-518: The leadership, Turnbull cited extended poor polling in Newspoll by the Abbott government and said Australia needed a new style of "economic leadership". Turnbull appointed Morrison as Treasurer in an expanded ministry , promoting several key supporters. Julie Bishop remained as Minister for Foreign Affairs . Conservatives Tony Abbott, Eric Abetz and Kevin Andrews were sent to the backbench. Joe Hockey left Parliament. The Turnbull government continued
28130-400: The least independent police force in Australia, surely the other police forces are laughing at us." On 21 August 2018, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called a snap ballot of the leadership of the Liberal Party following several days of feverish leadership speculation, of which Dutton was at the centre. Dutton responded to Turnbull's ballot call by formally challenging for the leadership of
28324-506: The mass migration of South African farmers would result in food shortages in South Africa. Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema encouraged white farmers to take up Dutton's offer. After initially leaving the door open to changes, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop subsequently ruled out any special deals for white South African farmers, emphasising the non-discriminatory nature of Australia's humanitarian visa programme. In
28518-463: The media on issues such as an apology to the Stolen Generations was what had cost him the leadership. This led to a disagreement between the two and culminated in Minchin privately telling Turnbull that he was "too fucking sensitive." In May 2008, Turnbull led the Coalition response to the 2008 Australian federal budget , criticising the increased taxes on luxury cars and certain alcoholic drinks, citing
28712-459: The meeting of Liberal MPs plotting against Tony Abbott on the night before the spill" as Abetz and Dutton called on Bishop to explain. Former ministers Abetz and Andrews expressed some discontent at government direction, while Bruce Billson announced his retirement and Ian Macfarlane – with the support of Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss – attempted to switch to the National Party, but the move
28906-568: The merged Liberal National Party in the safe Liberal seat of McPherson on the Gold Coast (despite not living in or near McPherson). Some constituents complained, "The abandoning of a seat by a sitting MP halfway through a parliamentary term to contest pre-selection in a seat over 100 kilometres to the south is not looked upon favourably." Dutton lost the McPherson pre-selection to Karen Andrews , reportedly due to misgivings from former Nationals in
29100-512: The modern awards system. Turnbull was sworn in as prime minister at around 1:30 pm AEST on 15 September 2015, by the Governor-General, Sir Peter Cosgrove , in a ceremony at Government House . Question Time for the House of Representatives was delayed until 2:30 pm AEST to accommodate this. Turnbull announced his new ministry on 20 September. In an extensive reshuffle, he dropped Joe Hockey , Eric Abetz , Ian Macfarlane , Kevin Andrews , Michael Ronaldson and Bruce Billson , increased
29294-547: The months following the leadership change, Coalition tensions remained. Liberal Party rank and file and backbench divisions emerged as a result of the replacement of an elected prime minister. Immigration Minister Dutton was excluded from the National Security Committee of Cabinet, reportedly over tensions between himself and Turnbull. In November, Fairfax reported: "Simmering tensions over the September leadership coup have flared up amid revelations Julie Bishop's chief of staff attended
29488-458: The murder of bank manager Ian Coote, among other crimes. The Commission believed that Packer had committed the murder to hide other criminal activities. Turnbull attempted to use the press to goad the counsel assisting the commission, Douglas Meagher QC, into suing him and Packer for a 6000-word statement intentionally defamatory of Costigan and Meagher, accusing them of being "unjust, capricious, dishonest and malicious". The statement worked, and it
29682-401: The now defunct ABC Learning . ABC Learning continued to pay rent of A$ 100,000 to Dutton Holdings. Dutton Holdings continues to trade under the name Dutton Building & Development. Dutton was elected to the Division of Dickson at the 2001 election , defeating Labor's Cheryl Kernot . He was elevated to the ministry after the 2004 election as Minister for Workforce Participation ,
29876-464: The number of liberals and decreased the number of conservatives in cabinet, female cabinet ministers rose from two to five, and Marise Payne was appointed as Australia's first female Minister for Defence . The number of cabinet ministers rose from 19 to 21. In addition to the Health and Sport portfolios which she held in the Abbott government, Sussan Ley was later appointed Minister for Aged Care. Within
30070-471: The numbers in the branches. In 2003, Turnbull announced that he would challenge King for the seat and successfully defeated him to become the Liberal candidate. During what was a bitter preselection campaign, King accused Turnbull of branch stacking , by having local members transferring their membership to a branch that would decide the pre-selection, what King referred to as "branch stripping". Following his preselection loss, King stood against Turnbull at
30264-454: The party and won 35 of 83 votes available, 7 short of a majority. Dutton then resigned from the Ministry despite being offered by Turnbull to retain his position of Minister for Home Affairs, and the media speculated that Dutton and his conservative backers in the party were likely to challenge for the leadership again in the near future. Three days later, Dutton called for another leadership spill, and Malcolm Turnbull tendered his resignation to
30458-448: The party leadership. Turnbull declared his candidacy later that same day, and was considered by the media as a favourite. On 29 November he narrowly lost the leadership vote to Brendan Nelson by three votes; Nelson quickly appointed Turnbull Shadow Treasurer . Shortly after the vote, fellow Shadow Cabinet Minister Nick Minchin publicly suggested that Turnbull's failure to consult with party colleagues before declaring his opinion to
30652-462: The period between January 2015 and July 2018. According to a Home Affairs Department report, 620 New Zealanders had their visas cancelled on character grounds in 2017 alone. In July 2017, Dutton's Department of Immigration and Border Protection introduced a special Skilled Independent subclass 189 visa to provide a pathway for New Zealanders holding a Special Category Visa to acquire Australian citizenship. The visa requires NZ nationals to have held
30846-406: The position, with several resigning from the Shadow Cabinet, including Tony Abbott . On 1 December 2009, just one week after Turnbull announced the policy on the CPRS, Abbott announced he would challenge Turnbull for the leadership. Though initially regarded as having little chance of success, with Turnbull stating in public that Abbott did not have the numbers to win, Abbott defeated Turnbull in
31040-474: The press reported on an office affair he had been conducting with a staffer. By-election losses in July 2018 further diminished Turnbull's authority. Dissent from conservative MPs over issues such as energy prices and immigration levels grew during Turnbull's final months. On 21 August, Turnbull announced a leadership spill ahead of his 39th consecutive Newspoll loss, which he narrowly won against Peter Dutton . Turnbull resigned three days later after narrowly losing
31234-402: The primary vote with a 57%/43% Liberal/Labor preference split which meant Turnbull was elected, albeit on a reduced 55.5% two-party vote after a 2.4% swing . The result meant that Wentworth was classified as a marginal seat for the first time since the 1993 federal election . Announcing a cabinet reshuffle on 24 January 2006, Prime Minister John Howard promoted Turnbull from the backbench to
31428-522: The project to meet 48 "strict environmental" conditions. In February 2007, Turnbull was criticised for claiming a government allowance of A$ 175 a night and paying it to his wife as rent while living in a townhouse owned by her in Canberra. During the 2007 federal election campaign, Turnbull announced that if re-elected the government would contribute A$ 10 million to the investigation of an untried Russian technology that aims to trigger rainfall from
31622-511: The recent parliamentary citizenship crisis . The motion failed by 69 votes to 68. On 24 August, the Solicitor-General advised that in terms of section 44(v) Dutton was "not incapable" of sitting as an MP, although he added that he had been provided with limited factual information and that, owing to differences of judicial opinion in earlier decisions of the High Court on section 44(v), Dutton's legal position could not be entirely clear without
31816-425: The remaining men were evacuated, many forcibly, to new accommodation. Arrangements have been made to resettle an unspecified number of the asylum seekers in the United States. The others will be moved to either a different part of Papua New Guinea or a different country. In mid-November 2017, Dutton rejected an offer by the newly-elected New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to resettle 150 asylum seekers from
32010-769: The responsibility of the Department of Environment, which was seen as a sign that the agencies were going to be retained. Australia attended the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference and adopted the Paris Agreement . The agreement includes a review of emission reduction targets every 5 years from 2020. During the term of the Abbott government, Australia had committed to supporting the US-led air campaign against IS in Iraq and Syria. Turnbull replaced Abbott supporter Kevin Andrews with Senator Marise Payne , who became Australia's first female Defence Minister, amid Australia's deployment to
32204-434: The role of parliamentary secretary , giving him special responsibility for water at the height of the 2000s Australian drought . On 26 September 2006, Howard announced the creation of a new Office of Water Resources, sitting within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet , to address the problem of drought in Australia; Turnbull was given responsibility for this office. In January 2007, Howard promoted Turnbull to
32398-597: The same policies of the Abbott government . Reflecting a change in the Abbott government stance concerning the Australian honours system , on 2 November 2015, Turnbull announced that the Queen approved the government's request to amend the Order's letters patent and cease awards as Knights and Dames in the Order of Australia after Cabinet agreed that the titles were no longer appropriate in
32592-632: The school's newspaper, Honi Soit , writing largely about politics. Turnbull also visited former Premier of New South Wales Jack Lang , discussing 1920s and 1930s state politics. During his studies, he was involved in student politics, serving as board director of the University of Sydney Union and a member of the Students' Representative Council . He also worked part-time as a political journalist for Nation Review , Radio 2SM and Channel 9 , covering state politics. Around this time, Turnbull would meet businessman Kerry Packer , for whom he would later do extensive legal work. In 1978, Turnbull won
32786-411: The social sector. The three-hour meeting did not result in any policy commitments, but the participants agreed on the need for economic growth, returning to a budget surplus, increasing employment, investing in infrastructure and pushing for innovation and increased productivity. The MYEFO was expected to include savings measures, as Morrison had stated that "any new spending must be fully offset", giving
32980-459: The spying operation. In June 2015, an au pair who was detained at Brisbane Airport made a phone call and had her tourist visa reinstated. In November, in a second case, Dutton granted a visa to another au pair, despite his department warning him that she was at risk of breaching her work conditions on her tourist visa. Dutton indicated that he knew neither tourist. In August 2018, Roman Quaedvlieg indicated that he had personal knowledge of one of
33174-423: The subject of a controversial Australian Broadcasting Corporation documentary, entitled "Don't Call Australia Home", focusing on New Zealanders who had been deported from Australia. In response, Dutton issued a tweet defending his deportation policy and claiming that deporting 184 " bikies " saved Australia A$ 116 million. In response, the New Zealand Minister of Justice Andrew Little , who also appeared in
33368-432: The town of Lorengau and staged a protest. Dutton defended the closure of the processing centre and asserted that the Papuan authorities had given notice of the camp's impending closure in May 2017. He also rejected Australian Greens Senator Nick McKim's report that there was no safe alternative accommodation available as false and claimed McKim was inciting trouble. Following a prolonged standoff with Papuan security forces,
33562-404: Was "dismayed by the destabilisation that's been taking place now for many, many months" and that Australia needed "strong and stable government and that means avoiding, at all costs, Labor's revolving-door prime ministership". A September 2015 leadership spill was called, with Turnbull challenging Abbott, and winning by 54 votes to 44, and Abbott supporter Kevin Andrews challenging Julie Bishop for
33756-414: Was a private conversation, but later apologised. The Foreign Minister of the Marshall Islands at the time, Tony deBrum , responded by writing: "insensitivity knows no bounds in the big polluting island down [south]" and the "Next time waves are battering my home [and] my grandkids are scared, I'll ask Peter Dutton to come over, and we'll see if he is still laughing". On 15 April 2017 shots were fired by
33950-410: Was accused of sexual harassment . Mal Brough was stood down from the ministry at the same time as Briggs resigned. Brough's standing down followed news that the Australian Federal Police were investigating him over an alleged copying of the diary of former speaker Peter Slipper . Brough had served as a Minister in the Howard government , but lost his seat in the 2007 election. He was re-elected at
34144-501: Was alleged to have been faked by Grech. Grech subsequently admitted the forgery, with an Australian National Audit Office inquiry on 4 August clearing both Rudd and Swan of any wrongdoing. The resulting embarrassment of having repeated false allegations, as well as Turnbull's demeanour throughout the OzCar affair, was judged as the cause of a subsequent significant decline in his approval ratings in opinion polls. On 24 November 2009, Liberal and National MPs and Senators met to discuss
34338-425: Was appointed Minister for Communications and began implementing the alternative NBN strategy. In 2014, Turnbull announced that the Vertigan Report, a cost–benefit analysis of providing fast broadband to regional and rural Australia through wireless and satellite services, revealed that continuing the plan would cost nearly A$ 5 billion and was expected to produce only A$ 600 million in economic benefits –
34532-438: Was appointed Minister for Health and Minister for Sport . He was moved to the role of Minister for Immigration and Border Protection in December 2014, where he played a key role in overseeing Operation Sovereign Borders . He was kept in that position after Malcolm Turnbull replaced Tony Abbott as Prime Minister in September 2015. In December 2017, he was also given the restored role of Minister for Home Affairs , heading
34726-401: Was appointed as Minister for Employment Participation . In January 2006, he was promoted to become Assistant Treasurer under Peter Costello . After the defeat of the Liberal-National Coalition at the 2007 election , he was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Health, a role he held for the next six years. Upon the victory of the Coalition at the 2013 election , Dutton
34920-494: Was blocked by the Liberals. Hockey's seat of North Sydney went to a by-election, which saw a 12.84% swing against the Liberal Party. Abbott criticised the leaders of the effort to bring him down, and promised "no sniping" in his final speech as prime minister. On 16 September, it was reported that Abbott intended to stay in parliament. As a backbencher, Abbott continued his commentary on the record of his government and on world affairs, particularly in relation to national security and
35114-414: Was born in Sydney, on 24 October 1954, the only child of Bruce Bligh Turnbull and Coral Magnolia Lansbury . His father was a hotel broker, while his mother was a radio actor, writer, and academic, and a second cousin of the British film and television actress Angela Lansbury . His maternal grandmother, May Lansbury ( née Morle), was born in England, while his other grandparents were Australian-born. He
35308-427: Was concern about why the boy was being led or for what purpose he was being led away back into the regional processing centre. So I think it's fair to say that the mood had elevated quite quickly. I think some of the local residents were quite angry about this particular incident and another alleged sexual assault." However, the regional police commander on Manus Island said a young boy who was 10, not five, had gone to
35502-419: Was defeated by Peter Coleman , who went on to win the seat. In 1982, following his retirement from politics, former prime minister William McMahon nominated Turnbull as his preferred successor in Lowe ; the Liberals chose another candidate, and lost the by-election to Labor. Turnbull later attempted preselection in the safe state seat of Mosman in 1983, losing to Phillip Smiles . He let his membership of
35696-451: Was defeated by Scott Morrison in a second leadership ballot days later after Turnbull chose to resign. He was retained as Minister for Home Affairs by Morrison, later becoming Minister for Defence and Leader of the House in March 2021. He went on to succeed Morrison as party leader unopposed after the Coalition's defeat at the 2022 election , becoming leader of the opposition. He is the first Liberal leader to come from Queensland , and
35890-441: Was into a 2014 private trip to China during which Robert had met with a Chinese government minister at an agreement signing ceremony between Chinese and Australian companies. Following these retirements and resignations, a ministerial reshuffle was announced on 13 February 2016. The new ministry , including Barnaby Joyce , who had been elected as leader of the National Party on 11 February and therefore became deputy prime minister,
36084-420: Was not the dux of his graduating year at Sydney Grammar. In 1987, in memory of his late father, he set up the Bruce Turnbull means-tested scholarship at Sydney Grammar, offering full remission of fees to a student unable to afford them. In 1973, Turnbull attended the University of Sydney , graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1977 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1978. Turnbull wrote for
36278-427: Was printed in full in many newspapers, increasing public opinion of Packer. Turnbull later advised Packer to sue Meagher for defamation, an action that was struck down by Justice David Hunt as being an abuse of process , saying that Turnbull had managed "to poison the fountain of justice". These tactics made Turnbull enemies within the NSW Bar Association, leading to Turnbull's departure from that organisation. After
36472-477: Was replaced by Steven Ciobo . Malcolm Turnbull's first overseas visit as prime minister was to New Zealand, in October 2015, where he met with Prime Minister John Key and discussed immigration rules. In November, he embarked on a five-nation tour and attended major leaders' summits in Europe and Asia. The China–Australia Free Trade Agreement agreed by the Abbott government concluded its passage through Parliament in October 2015. The Turnbull government continued
36666-611: Was revealed that Turnbull had held talks with Labor state politician John Della Bosca during the 1990s on a possible party switch, and that he had harboured aspirations in his youth to head the Australian Workers' Union , which is linked with the Labor Party. The accusation, made by former Labor Foreign Minister Bob Carr , was cited by Labor Leader Bill Shorten during the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption . In 2000, Turnbull intended to seek Liberal preselection for Wentworth but did not eventually contest after concluding that preselection hopeful Peter King had
36860-422: Was spied on during a visit to Nauru. At the same time he called into question her credibility saying "I have evidence that Senator Hanson-Young over-states every issue. She gets her facts wrong most of the time. And I just think you need to look at it in the light of experience with Senator Hanson-Young. If she's got evidence, produce it." He also claimed that "What Sarah Hanson-Young is about is publicity. She loves
37054-497: Was subsequently summoned by the South African foreign ministry, which expressed its offence at Dutton's statements, and demanded a "full retraction". His proposal got support from some of his party's backbenchers and Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm with Leyonhjelm later clarifying that he thought that South African farmers should be admitted under existing visa programmes, and could not be regarded as refugees. National Party of Australia MP Andrew Broad warned that
37248-463: Was sworn in on 18 February 2016. Fiona Nash , who had been elected as Deputy Leader of the Nationals, Darren Chester and Steve Ciobo moved into the cabinet. A range of other appointees to the outer ministry were also sworn in. Turnbull confirmed that his government would keep the emissions reductions targets set by the Abbott government . Under Turnbull, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and Clean Energy Finance Corporation were transferred to
37442-437: Was transferred from Liberal Greg Hunt 's environment portfolio to Nationals Barnaby Joyce 's agriculture portfolio. The Nationals successfully negotiated a total of $ 4 billion worth of deals from Turnbull in exchange for a continued Coalition agreement. They also received assurances from Turnbull that he would maintain the policy positions of the Abbott government in relation to carbon pricing and in relation to requiring
37636-429: Was won by Brendan Nelson . Turnbull served as Shadow Treasurer, before toppling Nelson in the November 2008 Liberal leadership spill . The Godwin Grech Affair undermined Turnbull's authority, and amid extended poor polling, and disagreement within the Coalition over Turnbull's support for the Rudd government 's climate change taxation policies, Turnbull was replaced as leader of the Liberals by Tony Abbott following
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