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.

Turnbull is a supporter of the Sydney Roosters rugby league team in the Australian National Rugby League and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. Turnbull instructed the party to support CPRS despite significant disagreement among his colleagues. The Liberal vote fell 10 per cent but Turnbull still won.

Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian politician. He served as the federal Minister for Environment and Water Resources in 2007. He has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2004 and was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party from 16 September 2008 to 1 December 2009.