Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Wentworth, New South Wales, 2004. Re-elected 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016. Resigned 31.8.2018.

Ministerial appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister from 27.1.2006 to 30.1.2007.
• Minister for the Environment and Water Resources from 30.1.2007 to 3.12.2007.
• Cabinet Minister from 30.1.2007 to 3.12.2007.
• Cabinet Minister from 18.9.2013 to 24.8.2018.
• Minister for Communications from 18.9.2013 to 21.9.2015.
• Prime Minister from 15.9.2015 to 24.8.2018.
• Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources from 27.10.2017 to 6.12.2017.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Select: Address in Reply served from 30.8.2016 to 31.8.2016
• House of Representatives Standing: Legal and Constitutional Affairs served from 1.12.2004 to 9.2.2006; Economics, Finance and Public Administration served from 1.12.2004 to 9.2.2006; Environment and Heritage served from 1.12.2004 to 9.2.2006; Health and Ageing served from 1.12.2004 to 9.2.2006; Economics served from 11.3.2008 to 28.8.2008
• Joint Select: Broadcasting Legislation served as Deputy Chair from 14.3.2013 to 24.6.2013
• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 1.12.2004 to 9.2.2006; Treaties served from 1.12.2004 to 11.8.2005; National Broadband Network served from 22.3.2011 to 5.8.2013
• Joint Statutory: Public Works served from 25.10.2010 to 24.3.2011

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 09.10.2004 to 31.08.2018
• Shadow Treasurer from 6.12.2007 to 22.9.2008.
• Shadow Cabinet Minister from 6.12.2007 to 1.12.2009.
• Leader of the Opposition from 16.9.2008 to 1.12.2009.
• Shadow Cabinet Minister from 14.9.2010 to 18.9.2013.
• Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband from 14.9.2010 to 18.9.2013.
• Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party from 16.9.2008 to 1.12.2009.
• Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Liberal Party from 14.9.2015 to 24.8.2018.

Party positions

• Treasurer of the Federal Liberal Party from 2002 to 2003.
• Member of the Liberal Party State Executive (NSW) from 2002 to 2003.
• Member of the Liberal Party Federal Finance Committee from 2002 to 2003.
• Member of the Liberal Party Federal Executive from 2002 to 2003.

Other positions

• Chair of the Australian Republican Movement from 1993 to 2000.
• Delegate to the Australian Constitutional Convention, February 1998.
• Director of the Menzies Research Centre from 2001 to 2004.
• Member of the National Advisory Committee on Ageing from 2002.

Personal

• Born: 24.10.1954, Sydney, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA (University of Sydney).
• BCL(Hons) (University of Oxford).
• LLB (University of Sydney).
• Rhodes Scholar.
• Journalist from 1975 to 1979.
• Barrister and solicitor from 1980 to 1983.
• Grazier from 1982 to 2004.
• General Counsel and Secretary of Consolidated Press Holdings Group from 1983 to 1985.
• Barrister and solicitor from 1986 to 1988.
• Managing Director of Turnbull and Partners Ltd. from 1987 to 1997.
• Chairman of OzEmail Ltd. from 1994 to 1999.
• Director of FTR Holdings Ltd. from 1995 to 2004.
• Chairman and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Australia from 1997 to 2001.
• Partner of Goldman Sachs and Co. from 1998 to 2001.

Electorate

• Name: Wentworth
• Location: eastern Sydney; it includes the suburbs of Bellevue Hill, Bondi, Clovelly (part), Darlinghurst (part), Darling Point, Dover Heights, Elizabeth Bay, Moore Park, Paddington, Point Piper, Rose Bay, Vaucluse, Watsons Bay and Waverley.
• Area: 38 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 102,782 (at 2.7.2016)
• Industries: finance, property, service, wholesale and retail trade, tourism, education, sport and recreation.
• Includes:

Honours

• Awarded the Centenary Medal, 1.1.2001.
• Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia, 25.1.2021.

Publications

• The Spycatcher trial, William Heinemann, Richmond, 1988.
• The reluctant republic, William Heinemann, Port Melbourne, Vic. 1993.
• Fighting for the republic: the ultimate insider's account, Hardie Grant Books, South Yarra, 1999.
• A bigger picture, Hardie Grant Books, Richmond, Vic: 2020.