A Bigger Picture: With new foreword

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In A Bigger Picture, the bestselling political memoir of 2020, Malcolm Turnbull, Australias 29th prime minister, tells the remarkable story of his life. Now in paperback, this edition is updated with an all-new foreword by the author that sheds light on the huge political and cultural changes happening today.

When Malcolm Turnbull took over the nations top job there was a sense of excitement in Australia. Sky-high opinion polls followed as the political outsider with a successful business, legal and media career took charge. The infighting that had dogged politics for the best part of a decade looked to be over. But a right-wing insurgency brutally cut down Turnbulls time in office after three years, leaving many Australians asking, Why

Exceptionally candid and compelling,A Bigger Pictureis the definitive narrative of Malcolm Turnbulls prime ministership. He describes how he legalised same-sex marriage, established Snowy Hydro 2.0, stood up to Donald Trump, and many more achievements remarkable in their pace andsignificance, and delivered in the teeth of so much opposition. But its far more than just politics. Turnbulls life has been filled with colourful characters and controversies, success and failure. From his early years in Sydney, growing up with a single father, to defending 'Spycatcher' Peter Wright against the UK government; the years representing Kerry Packer, leading the Republican Movement and making millions in business; and finally toppling Tony Abbott to become prime minister of Australia. For the first time he tells it all in his own words.

With revelatory insights on the workings of Canberra and the contentious events of Turnbulls life,A Bigger Pictureexplores the strengths and vulnerabilities of one of Australias best-known and most dynamic business and political leaders. Lyrically written in highly readable and entertaining prose, this is a genuine page-turner thats not just for political junkies.

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Malcolm Turnbulls career spans journalism, law, business and politics often pursued simultaneously. He graduated BA LLB 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 Malcolm, together with his wife, Lucy, 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, including an early tilt at parliament in the 1980s as well as leading the Australian Republican Movement in the 1999 referendum.

In 2004 Malcolm entered parliament as the Liberal member for Wentworth and in 2007 became Environment minister in the Howard government. He was leader of the opposition from September 2008 to December 2009, after which he remained in parliament and became minister for Communications from 2013 until he was elected Liberal leader and prime minister in September 2015. Winning the July 2016 election, he remained prime minister until August 2018, after which he retired fromparliament.

Malcolm and Lucy live in Sydney and have two children and four grandchildren.