Malcolm Turnbull

Jan 15, 2025 | foreignaffairs.com | Matias Spektor |Yan Xuetong |Nataliya Gumenyuk |Malcolm Turnbull

As Donald Trump returns to the White House, leaders around the world are preparing for a U.S. presidency that could reshape the international order. They are reading the tea leaves of Trump’s rhetoric, trying to anticipate his plans for trade, alliances, and more.

Oct 21, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Ruby Jones |Malcolm Turnbull

7am is a daily news podcast brought to you by Schwartz Media and The Saturday Paper. How to listen? WebsiteFormer Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on how he forged a relationship with Donald Trump and what Anthony Albanese needs to know if Trump wins again. When Malcolm Turnbull was prime minister, he made a call that made the then president of the United States very, very angry. Donald Trump called it the “worst call he’d had all day” – a “killer”, “crazy” and “disgusting”.

Oct 17, 2024 | themonthly.com.au | Malcolm Turnbull

Standing up to a bully is the only way to get their respect How should Australia contend with a second coming of Donald Trump? Many in Canberra will say, and will want to believe, that nothing has changed. That our “hundred years of mateship”, the ANZUS alliance and our mutual affection for Greg Norman will ensure that nothing bad happens and we can ride out the four years of Trump 2.0 without undue inconvenience. Well, they might, but they probably won’t.

Jul 31, 2024 | smh.com.au | Malcolm Turnbull

George Brandis' account of the creation of the Department of Home Affairs is not right. So, reluctant as I am to correct my learned friend, let me set the record straight. There had been for many years a proposal to bring all the domestic national security agencies together in one department, modelled on the United Kingdom's Home Office. It was Labor Party policy from 2001 under Kim Beazley to 2007 under Kevin Rudd.

Jul 12, 2024 | linkedin.com | Malcolm Turnbull

Tyrants are often popular. The key to liberal democracy is that it empowers the majority, but through the rule of law, it constrains the majority. If you get to the point where anybody who can muster a majority is given absolute power and can do whatever they like to the minority, that's not a democracy. That is a tyranny. That is an autocracy even if it's got the support of 51% of the population. That is not what makes a democracy.