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Malcolm Turnbull Biography

Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian politician serving as the 29th and current Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Liberal Party since 2015. He was previously Leader of the Opposition from 2008 to 2009.

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It's really corny to say, but if you are happily married and have good kids, that is about 98 per cent of what you should be seeking to achieve.

Cent, Corny, Good, Kids, Married

I have always been generous because I know that I have done well in life and I believe it is part of my duty to give back. So I am always been philanthropic.

Believe, Done, Generous, Giving, Part, Philanthropic

My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia. . . a desire or passion that all of our national symbols should be unequivocally and unambiguously Australian.

Australia, Commitment, Movement, Passion, Simply

But who knows, some years from now if there's a global emissions trading scheme agreement, as many have hoped for, then I'm sure Australia would be part of it.

Agreement, Australia, Hoped, Knows, Years

The royal commissions are successful and effective when they have a focused terms of reference and can do the job quickly and report. And then action can be taken.

Commissions, Job, Jobs, Royal, Successful, Taken

I'm sick of the cover-ups, I'm sick of the lies, and so are the bloody veterans, that come out daily of the department's mouth.

Come, Cover Ups, Lying, Mouth, Sick

Government will not nominate the former Labor prime minister [Kevin Rudd] to be the UN's next secretary-general.

Former, Government, Kevin, Next, Nominate, Rudd

In terms of our region, what we need to ensure is that the rise of China [is] conducted in a manner that does not disturb the security and the relative harmony of the region upon which China's prosperity depends. Now - now, that requires careful diplomacy, it requires balancing.

Balancing, Doe, Harmony, Needs, Region, Rise Of China

I don't find myself in moral turmoil. I'm not given to turmoil of any kind.

Given, Kind, Moral, Turmoil

There's the occasion when politicians will say things that are simply not true, or that they make commitments that they have no intention of fulfilling. That is something that I think should not happen. That's a no-no. That's a third rail that you shouldn't touch.

Commitment, Politician, Rail, Simply, Think, Thinking

Americans understand that they have no stronger ally, no better friend, than Australia.

Allies, Ally, Americans, Australia, Stronger

Everything we do as a government is focused on getting help and support for hard-working Australian families. We are standing up for them.

Everything, Government, Hard Work, Help, Help And Support, Standing

Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels, to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires.

Availability, Climate, Fire, Human, Sea

Everyone's got different views. I think you're better off staying within the party and prosecuting those views than stepping out of it.

Party, Prosecuting, Staying, Thinking, Views

Mitt Romney speaking to a $50,000-a-plate Republican fundraiser says he doesn't have to worry about the 47 per cent of Americans who don't pay tax. He was not counting on the smart phone recording his speech and then posting it on YouTube.

Phones, Recording, Romney, Smart, Speech, Worry

Honest people, knowledgeable people, really well-informed people can have very different views about what the right measures are on national security.

Different, Knowledgeable, National, People, Views

The proliferation of outlets that digital technology has enabled has itself contributed to the changing nature of what we regard as 'news' and the way in which many citizens perceive politics.

Citizens, Enabled, News, Politics, Technology

What we're seeing at the moment is people being radicalised or adopting Islamist, murderous Islamist ideology very, very quickly so that you have people that are not on the counterterrorism radar screen who then often, as a result of mental illness, will then attach themselves to this murderous ideology and then act very quickly.

Counterterrorism, Mental Illness, Moment, Moments, People, Radar

Gone are the days when your indiscretions at university were recorded in a roneoed college newsletter of which there is only one copy left tucked in a filing cabinet at the back of a library. Today that same college newsletter is online, accessible by the whole world now and forever.

Cabinet, College, Filing Cabinet, Forever, Online, Recorded

Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battlers, by dumbing things down into one-line sound bites are not respecting them, they are treating them with contempt. It's our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them.

Down, Jobs, Struggle, Tackle, Thinking, Writers

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