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The Turnbull government was the federal executive government of Australia led by the 29th prime minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, from 2015 to 2018. It succeeded the Abbott government , which brought the Coalition to power at the 2013 Australian federal election .
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian former politician and businessman who served as the 29th prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and was the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Wentworth from 2004 to 2018.
The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. [ 3 ]
Following the appointment of Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister, three departments were renamed, with effect from 21 September 2015: [8] The Department of Agriculture became the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; The Department of Industry and Science became the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
Before 1911, the Prime Minister had no department of their own as such. The Prime Minister was concurrently the Minister for External Affairs, and used the services of the Department of External Affairs. The Prime Minister's Department was created in July 1911, initially on a small scale compared to other government departments of the day. [5]
The appointment is effective from June 1, KKR said in a statement. Turnbull, 64, served as Australia's 29th prime minister from September 2015 to August 2018, when he was ousted in a leadership ...
The first Turnbull ministry (Liberal–National Coalition) was the 69th ministry of the Government of Australia, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. It succeeded the Abbott ministry after a leadership spill that took place on 14 September 2015 ended Prime Minister Tony Abbott 's leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia . [ 1 ]
He was Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs from January 2006 to November 2007. In his Indigenous Affairs portfolio, Brough was the chief architect of the government's Northern Territory Emergency Response , a package of measures designed to combat alleged high rates of child neglect and abuse in the territory.