Dear Bazz,

Malcolm Turnbull's career spans journalism, law,
business and politics - often pursued simultaneously.
He graduated with an Arts Law degree from Sydney
University and went on to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.

He made his name as a lawyer defending clients as
diverse as Kerry Packer and former MI5 agent Peter
Wright where Turnbull defeated the British government
in the "Spycatcher" trial in 1986.

His business career in his own firm, and later Goldman
Sachs, saw deals ranging from media takeovers to
Russian gold mines and internet start-ups.

Politics was always part of his life.

The man was not a dictator as PM. He did try to
bring the party together and perhaps that was his
mistake in that he put his trust in the wrong people,
despite his good intentions.

I believe that unlike so many politicians Turnbull
placed his trust in everybody in order to get the job
done and get things done. He saw a future in
renewables. He understood the importance of innovation.

He was not in it for "power for power's sake,"like many
others. As he explained to Leigh Sales:

"For me, power without purpose was pointless, the idea
that you would sit in the prime minister's chair or
the premier's chair or minister's chair and not actually
get things done seemed to me to be mad. Why wouldn't
you be better off sailing or paddling a kayak or
reading a book?"

Turnbull never saw a big, or any picture in his life. He was too dam busy admiring himself in any mirror he could find.

The 2 cretins Turnbull & KRudd both saw themselves as great leaders, showing us the way, rather than our employees hired to do a job of managing

Dear Hasbeen,

Turnbull has been accused of all sorts of things.
Misconceptions abound. As they do with any
leading figure. All in all this is expected.

But is his book more inflammatory than previous
prime ministerial memoirs?

Political controversy is a trade mark of political memoir
publishing in Australia. And the general feeling seems
to be that Turnbull's book is just another page in that
story.

However, the fact that it's sold out speaks for itself
because reading it, I can tell you is quite a challenge.
Close to 700 pages in all. Whew! However, it is a
real page-turner. Unlike, some others that I just
couldn't force myself to finish. You've got to give the
man credit where credit is due - he's one talented,
smart and very literate person. Not many like him in
the world of politics.

Foxy,

He lied by swearing allegiance to the Queen of Australia when he was prepared to undermine her position as our Head of State.

Elizabeth II is Queen of Australia and thus an Australian not a foreign monarch as the illiterate or the conniving would have us believe.
http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/item-sdid-99.html

All Republican members of Parliament perjure themselves to take office, perjurers are, by definition and their own actions, liars.

A decent candidate would inform the electors of his/her stance before an election and if elected would refuse to swear a false oath/affirmation and would thus not take the seat, and forego the perks.

The slogan of the anti-Monarchist members could be "Perjury for Perks".

Is Mise,

How was Malcolm Turnbull going to undermine
the British Queen? By the way her title is
Queen of Australia - but she is British.
Australia in the 21st century no longer is.

Foxy,

In simple language, anyone who pushes the Republican barrow helps to undermine the position of the Queen.

Just as those who pushed the Stalinist line tried to undermine Australia.