Parliament of Australia: House of Representatives

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The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Member for Wentworth (NSW)

Parliamentary service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Wentworth, New South Wales, 2004 and 2007.

Ministerial Appointments

Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister from 27.01.06 to 30.01.07.
Minister for Environment and Water Resources from 30.01.07 to 3.12.07.

Parliamentary Party positions

Leader of the Opposition from 16.9.08 to 1.12.09.

Shadow Treasurer from 3.12.07 to 22.9.08.

Committee Service

House of Representatives Standing:
Economics, Finance and Public Administration from 1.12.04 to 9.2.06;
Environment and Heritage from 1.12.04 to 9.2.06;
Health and Ageing from 1.12.04 to 9.2.06;
Legal and Constitutional Affairs from 1.12.04 to 9.2.06;
Economics from 11.3.08 to 28.8.08.

Joint Standing:
Treaties from 1.12.04 to 11.8.05;
Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 1.12.04 to 9.2.06.

Conferences, delegations and visits

Elected Delegate to the Australian Constitutional Convention, February 1998.
Official visits to the Vatican, April 2006; New Zealand, November 2006.

Party positions

Honorary Federal Treasurer, Liberal Party 2002-03.
Member, Liberal Party State Executive (NSW) 2002-03.
Member, Liberal Party Federal Finance Committee 2002-03.
Member, Liberal Party Federal Executive 2002-03.
Director, Menzies Research Centre 2001-04.

Personal

Born 24.10.1954, Sydney, NSW.

Married.

Qualifications and occupation before entering federal Parliament

BA, LLB (Syd), BCL(Hons) (Oxon).
Rhodes Scholar (NSW 1978).

Journalist 1975-79.
Barrister and solicitor 1980-83 and 1986-88.
Grazier 1982-2004.
General Counsel and Secretary, Consolidated Press Holdings Group 1983-85.
Managing Director, Turnbull and Partners Ltd 1987-97.
Chairman, OzEmail Ltd 1994-99.
Director, FTR Holdings Ltd 1995-2004.
Chairman and Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Australia 1997-2001.
Partner, Goldman Sachs and Co 1998-2001.

Other positions

Chair, Australian Republican Movement 1993-2000.
Member, National Advisory Committee on Ageing from 2002.

Publications

The Spycatcher trial, Richmond: William Heinemann, 1988.
The reluctant republic, Port Melbourne: William Heinemann, 1993.
Fighting for the republic: the ultimate insider’s account, South Yarra: Hardie Grant, 1999.

Honours

Awarded Centenary Medal 2003.

Electorate

For more information about this electorate, visit the Australian Electoral Commission website link on the previous page