Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull is the current Australian Minister for the Environment & Water, the Member for the federal seat of Wentworth in the Australian House of Representatives, and a high-profile businessman.

Before entering parliament, Turnbull was Federal Treasurer of the Liberal Party, and a member of the Liberal Party's Federal and New South Wales Executives, (2002-03), and was also a director of the Menzies Research Centre, the Liberal Party-controlled think tank.

In 2001/2, then-chairman of the Menzies Research Centre, Turnbull donated $150,000 to the Centre. In 2004, Turnbull received Liberal preselection, and was elected to the House of Representatives as Member for Wentworth. In 2004/5, Turnbull was still the Centre's biggest individual donor, donating $15,000.

In 2007, Turnbull attracted controversy over a $10 million grant he awarded to a start-up company, Australian Rain Corporation, whose Chairman and part-owner, Matt Handbury, had been a major donor to Turnbull's re-election fundraising group - the Wentworth Forum. [1]

External Resources

Hamish Fitzsimmons, "Turnball's green credentials challenged", ABC, AM - Thursday, 30 September , 2004 08:17:00