Malcolm Turnbull
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| The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull MP |
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| 31st Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 16 September 2008 – 1 December 2009 |
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| Deputy | Julie Bishop |
| Preceded by | Brendan Nelson |
| Succeeded by | Tony Abbott |
| 20th Minister for the Environment and Water Resources | |
| In office 23 January 2007 – 3 December 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Ian Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Peter Garrett & Penny Wong |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Wentworth |
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| Assumed office 9 October 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Peter King |
| Majority | 3.85%[1] |
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| Born | 24 October 1954 Sydney |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Turnbull née Hughes |
| Children | Alexander and Daisy |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | MalcolmTurnbull.com.au |
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull[2] (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian politician, the former Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament, and former leader of the Liberal Party, succeeding Brendan Nelson on 16 September 2008.
He lost the leadership positions on December 1, 2009, by one vote to Tony Abbott. Turnbull had agreed to allow the government's emissions trading scheme (ETS) to pass through the parliament. This was opposed by many people in the Liberal Party who argued that an ETS was unnecessary.[3] Other people in the party thought an ETS would harm Australia's coal exports. Others in the party did not like the way that Turnbull managed the arguments within his party.
References [change]
- ↑ "2007 Election guide to Bradfield". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2007-12-29. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/guide/went.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ↑ "Passage to wild colonial days: The Hawkesbury has rich links to our nation's pioneers" (Escape, p34), John Rozentals in the Sunday Telegraph, 2009-08-16, noting 'Bligh' comes from great-great-great-grandfather John Turnbull who has "so incensed by the treatment of governor William Bligh during the Rum Rebellion that he named one of his sons William Bligh Turnbull in his honour. It's a tradition that has continued right down to..." Malcolm Bligh Turnbull.
- ↑ Davis, Mark (November 30, 2009). "Turnbull swings at Lib "wreckers"" (in English). The Age. pp. 4.
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