Malcolm Turnbull, MP
Malcolm Turnbull is the Member for Wentworth in the Australian federal government. He was Leader of the Opposition for the Coalition from September 2008 until December 2009 and Shadow Treasurer in 2008.
Malcolm was keynote speaker at the United States Studies Centre's 2009 National Summit "Sustainable Globalisation: Will it survive the GFC?"
Malcolm graduated from Sydney University with a BA LLB. He won a Rhodes Scholarship and completed a further law degree at Oxford.
During and after his studies at Sydney University, Malcolm worked as a journalist with the Bulletin, 2SM, TCN 9 and the London Sunday Times.
After a successful career in journalism Malcolm began practicing law in 1980.
Malcolm left law for business in 1987 where he has since been responsible for the establishment and success of many Australian businesses. In particular he has been a determined supporter of Australian technology. He co-founded OzEmail in 1994. His software companies have won many awards for exporting Australian technology.
In 1997 Malcolm was elected to attend the Australian Constitutional Convention. He led the republican case in that Convention and in the subsequent referendum.
