biography
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Turnbull, Malcolm (Bligh)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1954– )
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| biography:
| Merchant banker, lawyer, and republican, born in Sydney, New South Wales, SE Australia. He studied at the universities of Sydney and Oxford, where he was Rhodes Scholar for New South Wales in 1978. He worked as a political correspondent for various newspapers and radio stations before being admitted to the bar in 1980. He set up his own law firm in 1986, and became known for successfully defending Peter Wright in the Spycatcher trial, publishing his account of the case in 1988. A prominent advocate of an Australian Republic, he is a foundation director of the Australian Republican Movement, and in 1993 was appointed chairman of the Republic Advisory Committee. He published The Reluctant Republic in 1993. |
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