Celebrities Malcolm Turnbull, Birthday: October 24, 1954 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse...Show more »

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. Show less «

Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight...Show more »

Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers felt it was their entitlement. Show less «

Gone are the days when your indiscretions at university were recorded in a roneoed college newslette...Show more »

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. Show less «

It is our job, as members of parliament, to legislate with an eye to the long term future, to look o...Show more »

It is our job, as members of parliament, to legislate with an eye to the long term future, to look over the horizon beyond the next election and ensure that as far as we can what we do today will make Australia a better place, a safer place, for future generations to live in. Show less «

We need to recognise that the whole edifice of our fifth estate, of our journalism, has been built o...Show more »

We need to recognise that the whole edifice of our fifth estate, of our journalism, has been built on a foundation of newspaper journalism and that that foundation is crumbling. The management of the media companies will deny that the end is nigh. I hope they are right. Show less «

Greece is an extreme case: a country where both the level of spending and the level of taxation were...Show more »

Greece is an extreme case: a country where both the level of spending and the level of taxation were unsustainable! Show less «

Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if the...Show more »

Study after study has demonstrated that people are better off financially, healthier, happier if they are married, and indeed, I repeat, if they are formally married as opposed to simply living together. Show less «

The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the...Show more »

The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice. Show less «

But who knows, some years from now if there's a global emissions trading scheme agreement, as many h...Show more »

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. Show less «

The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its...Show more »

The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and based on fact - based indeed on solid journalistic work. Show less «

It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the hones...Show more »

It is our job above all in politics to tackle the big issues and to explain them, and have the honesty to say to people, 'There are no easy solutions here.' Show less «

Those people who say coal and other fossil fuels have no future are delusional and they fly in the f...Show more »

Those people who say coal and other fossil fuels have no future are delusional and they fly in the face of all of the economic forecasts. Show less «

On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a...Show more »

On balance, after weighing the arguments, I believe that the time has come for Australia to create a new sovereign wealth fund. Show less «

Governments enjoying surpluses have a very strong temptation to splash money around, and while tax c...Show more »

Governments enjoying surpluses have a very strong temptation to splash money around, and while tax cuts are always appealing, cutting taxes at the top of a boom runs the real risk of creating a structural deficit when the boom subsides. Show less «

It's really corny to say, but if you are happily married and have good kids, that is about 98 per ce...Show more »

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. Show less «

I love radio - its immediacy and especially its intimacy... it is part of your life, whispering into...Show more »

I love radio - its immediacy and especially its intimacy... it is part of your life, whispering into your ear. You can't see it, but equally importantly it can't see you. Show less «

So the proposition that the ideal parents for any child are its biological parents is a statement wi...Show more »

So the proposition that the ideal parents for any child are its biological parents is a statement with which we can all agree in the generality, but which does not apply, for one reason or another, in many particular circumstances. Show less «

Broadcasters or politicians or writers who think that they are respecting Struggle Street, the battl...Show more »

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. Show less «

Are not the gays who seek the right to marry, to formalise their commitment to each other, holding u...Show more »

Are not the gays who seek the right to marry, to formalise their commitment to each other, holding up a mirror to heterosexuals who are marrying less frequently and divorcing more often? Show less «

The way to lose weight is to eat less, so I ate a lot less for a month and lost a lot of weight pret...Show more »

The way to lose weight is to eat less, so I ate a lot less for a month and lost a lot of weight pretty quickly. Show less «

When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's...Show more »

When politicians offer you something for nothing, or something that sounds too good to be true, it's always worth taking a careful second look. Show less «

Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriage will result in thousands of parties to...Show more »

Do the bishops seriously imagine that legalising gay marriage will result in thousands of parties to heterosexual marriages suddenly deciding to get divorced so they can marry a person of the same sex? Show less «

There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press re...Show more »

There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan. Show less «

If Margaret Thatcher took climate change seriously and believed that we should take action to reduce...Show more »

If Margaret Thatcher took climate change seriously and believed that we should take action to reduce global greenhouse emissions, then taking action and supporting and accepting the science can hardly be the mark of incipient Bolshevism. Show less «

Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divor...Show more »

Those who condemn gay marriage, yet are silent or indifferent to the breakdown of marriage and divorce, are, in my view, missing the real issue. Show less «

China and India will take the global leadership on climate change: they are suffering for it.

Look at countries like China, they are determined to dominate all clean technology areas, putting lo...Show more »

Look at countries like China, they are determined to dominate all clean technology areas, putting lots of money into wind, solar, electric vehicles and battery storage. America's political impotence, caused by their terrible partisanship, will see them left behind. Show less «

In economics, one of the most important concepts is 'opportunity cost' - the idea that once you spen...Show more »

In economics, one of the most important concepts is 'opportunity cost' - the idea that once you spend your money on something, you can't spend it again on something else. Show less «

All Australians understand that high-quality, reliable and affordable broadband is a critical part o...Show more »

All Australians understand that high-quality, reliable and affordable broadband is a critical part of the infrastructure our nation needs to prosper in coming years. Show less «

I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make su...Show more »

I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat. Show less «

Mitt Romney speaking to a $50,000-a-plate Republican fundraiser says he doesn't have to worry about ...Show more »

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. Show less «

It's not a 24-hour news cycle, it's a 60-second news cycle now, it's instantaneous. It has never bee...Show more »

It's not a 24-hour news cycle, it's a 60-second news cycle now, it's instantaneous. It has never been easier to get away with telling lies. It has never been easier to get away with the glib one liner. Show less «

I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of ...Show more »

I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of them... I am here to do things I think are worthwhile. I am always careful that the political positions I take are consistent with good policy. I would not want to be prime minister of Australia at any price. Show less «

[Commenting on the Tathra bushfire of 2018] As you know very well, you can't attribute any particula...Show more »

[Commenting on the Tathra bushfire of 2018] As you know very well, you can't attribute any particular event, whether it's a flood or fire or a drought or a storm, to climate change. We are the land of droughts and flooding rains. We're the land of bushfires. Nature hurls her worst at Australians, always will and always has, often unpredictably. Show less «

What you've got to do is recognise that you don't control everything for a start, you've got to play...Show more »

What you've got to do is recognise that you don't control everything for a start, you've got to play the cards you're dealt, the hand of cards you're dealt, as best you can, and that's what I always seek to do. Show less «

The proliferation of outlets that digital technology has enabled has itself contributed to the chang...Show more »

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. Show less «

I do not believe we can effectively move Australia to a lower emission economy, which is what we nee...Show more »

I do not believe we can effectively move Australia to a lower emission economy, which is what we need to do if we're going to make a contribution to a global reduction in greenhouse gases, without putting a price on carbon. Show less «

The reality is that coal is and will be for a long time, a very big part of the world's energy solut...Show more »

The reality is that coal is and will be for a long time, a very big part of the world's energy solution. Show less «

The Australian Republican Movement was founded following a lunch between Neville Wran and Tom Keneal...Show more »

The Australian Republican Movement was founded following a lunch between Neville Wran and Tom Keneally over a bottle of chardonnay. Show less «

My commitment to the Republican movement was pure and simply patriotism, a love of Australia... a de...Show more »

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. Show less «

The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matte...Show more »

The question of whether or to what extent human activities are causing global warming is not a matter of ideology, let alone of belief. The issue is simply one of risk management. Show less «

To the former child migrants, who came to Australia from a home far away, led to believe this land w...Show more »

To the former child migrants, who came to Australia from a home far away, led to believe this land would be a new beginning, when only to find it was not a beginning, but an end, an end of innocence - we apologise and we are sorry. To the mothers who lost the maternal right to love and care for their child - we apologise, and we are sorry. Show less «

Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.

We are already experiencing the symptoms of climate change, especially with a hotter and drier clima...Show more »

We are already experiencing the symptoms of climate change, especially with a hotter and drier climate in southern Australia - the rush to construct desalination plants is an expensive testament to that. Show less «

I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I...Show more »

I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realise a personal ambition. Show less «

Let us be honest with each other. The threat to marriage is not the gays. It is a lack of loving com...Show more »

Let us be honest with each other. The threat to marriage is not the gays. It is a lack of loving commitment - whether it is found in the form of neglect, indifference, cruelty or adultery, to name just a few manifestations of the loveless desert in which too many marriages come to grief. Show less «

If consulted by friends about marital dramas, I always encourage the singles to marry, the married t...Show more »

If consulted by friends about marital dramas, I always encourage the singles to marry, the married to stick together, the neglectful and wayward to renew their loving commitment and the wronged to forgive. Show less «

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