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Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull is a prominent Australian barrister, merchant banker, and aspiring politician.

A Rhodes scholar, Turnbull first worked as a journalist after graduating from Sydney University in 1977, before practicing as a barrister. He rose to the public's attention as the successful advocate in the Spycatcher trial (he blocked the British Government's attempts to suppress the memoirs of a former MI5 agent), and later authored a book on the trial.

From 1993 to 2000 Turnbull was the chairman of the Australian Republican Movement. He was an elected delegate at the Constitutional Convention in Canberra in February, 1998, and in 1999 published a book on the subject, entitled Fighting for the Republic.

Following the unsuccessful 1999 referendum campaign to establish an Australian republic, in 2000 Turnbull retired as chairman of the Australian Republican Movement.

In 1999, Turnbull invested in internet start-up Ozemail, which was subsequently sold to the telecommunications giant MCI Worldcom. Turnbull's stake was reportedly worth nearly A$60 million. Turnbull owns merchant banking company, Turnbull & Partners, and is a partner at the United States investment bank Goldman Sachs.

In May 2002, Turnbull appeared before the HIH royal commission and was questioned on his involvement on the possible privatisation of one of the acquisitions of the collapsed insurance company.

After a period of time in the Liberal Party of Australia's organizational wing as its Treasurer (of the party organization, not any government), in early 2004 Turnbull won a hotly contested preselection battle for the Federal Parliamentary seat Liberal seat of Wentworth in inner-suburban Sydney. As the seat is a safe Liberal seat, he will more than likely enter federal politics in late 2004 - with his Liberal Party parliamentary colleagues including many of his most prominent opponents in the republic debate.

Turnbull is married, with two children, and lives in Sydney. His son, Alex, is an undergraduate at Harvard University, and will graduate in 2005.

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