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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="honorific-prefix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">The Honourable</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Brendan Nelson</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of Australia">AO</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Brendan_Nelson_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Brendan_Nelson_%283%29.jpg/220px-Brendan_Nelson_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="282" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Brendan_Nelson_%283%29.jpg/330px-Brendan_Nelson_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Brendan_Nelson_%283%29.jpg/440px-Brendan_Nelson_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2567" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_War_Memorial" title="Australian War Memorial">Director of the Australian War Memorial</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 December 2012 – 23 December 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Gower" title="Steve Gower">Steve Gower</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Matthew Anderson</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Ambassadors_to_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Ambassadors to Belgium">Ambassador of Australia to Belgium, Luxembourg, the EU and NATO</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />17 September 2009 – 10 October 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Alan Thomas</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Lewis" title="Duncan Lewis">Duncan Lewis</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Leaders_of_the_Opposition" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition">Leader of the Opposition</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />3 December 2007 – 16 September 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Julie_Bishop" title="Julie Bishop">Julie Bishop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia">Leader of the Liberal Party</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />29 November 2007 – 16 September 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Julie_Bishop" title="Julie Bishop">Julie Bishop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />27 January 2006 – 3 December 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hill_(Australian_politician)" title="Robert Hill (Australian politician)">Robert Hill</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Fitzgibbon" title="Joel Fitzgibbon">Joel Fitzgibbon</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Education_(Australia)" title="Minister for Education (Australia)">Minister for Education, Science and Training</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 November 2001 – 27 January 2006</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Kemp_(Australian_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Kemp (Australian politician)">David Kemp</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Julie_Bishop" title="Julie Bishop">Julie Bishop</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">Australian Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bradfield" title="Division of Bradfield">Bradfield</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 March 1996 – 19 October 2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Connolly_(politician)" title="David Connolly (politician)">David Connolly</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Fletcher_(politician)" title="Paul Fletcher (politician)">Paul Fletcher</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Brendan John Nelson</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1958-08-19</span>) </span>19 August 1958<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 66)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Coburg,_Victoria" title="Coburg, Victoria">Coburg, Victoria</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> (after 1994)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> (until 1994)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Deanna Nelson<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1981; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1982)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Kate Nelson<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1983; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1999)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Gillian Adamson<br /></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1999)<wbr /></div><sup id="cite_ref-evolution_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evolution-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Ignatius%27_College,_Adelaide" title="Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide">Saint Ignatius' College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Adelaide" title="University of Adelaide">University of Adelaide</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Flinders_University" title="Flinders University">Flinders University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Medical_practitioner" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical practitioner">Medical practitioner</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Self-employment" title="Self-employment">Self-employed</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General_practitioner" title="General practitioner">General practitioner</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">Politician</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Brendan John Nelson</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of Australia">AO</a></span></span> (born 19 August 1958) is an Australian business leader, physician and former politician. He served as the federal <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Australia)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Australia)">Leader of the Opposition</a> from 2007 to 2008, going on to serve as Australia's senior diplomat to the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>. He currently serves in a global leadership role with <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a>. </p><p>A medical doctor by profession, he came to public prominence as the Federal President of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Medical_Association" title="Australian Medical Association">Australian Medical Association</a> (1993–95), and served as a Minister in the third and fourth terms of the <a href="/wiki/Howard_government" title="Howard government">Howard government</a>, serving as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Education_(Australia)" title="Minister for Education (Australia)">Minister for Education, Science and Training</a> (2001–06) and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence</a> (2006–2007). </p><p>Nelson was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> from 1996 to 2009, as the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal</a> member for the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bradfield" title="Division of Bradfield">Division of Bradfield</a> in northern Sydney. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_federal_election" title="2007 Australian federal election">2007 federal election</a>, at which the Howard government was defeated, Nelson <a href="/wiki/2007_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">was elected</a> leader of the Liberal Party in a contest against former <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_the_Environment,_Heritage_and_the_Arts_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Australia)">Minister for Environment and Water Resources</a> <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a>, and became the Leader of the Opposition on 3 December 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-SMH_Nelson_wins_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMH_Nelson_wins-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 September 2008, in a second contest following a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2008">spill motion</a>, Nelson lost the leadership of the Opposition and the Liberal Party to Turnbull.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson retired from politics in 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-retirement_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retirement-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Ambassadors_to_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Ambassadors to Belgium">Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union and NATO</a> from 2009 to 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was then Director of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_War_Memorial" title="Australian War Memorial">Australian War Memorial</a> from 2012 to 2019, subsequently serving as its chair until the end of 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2020, Nelson was made the President of <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Australia" title="Boeing Australia">Boeing Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2022, it was announced he would move to London to become President of Boeing International.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson was born in <a href="/wiki/Coburg,_Victoria" title="Coburg, Victoria">Coburg</a>, a suburb of <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, as the eldest of three children of Des Nelson, a marine chief steward active in the Seamen's Union, and his wife, Patricia.<sup id="cite_ref-evolution_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evolution-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his infancy, his family moved to his mother's home town of <a href="/wiki/Launceston,_Tasmania" title="Launceston, Tasmania">Launceston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tasmania" title="Tasmania">Tasmania</a>. </p><p>In his early teenage years, the Nelson family relocated again to <a href="/wiki/Adelaide" title="Adelaide">Adelaide</a>, South Australia, where he matriculated at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Ignatius%27_College,_Adelaide" title="Saint Ignatius' College, Adelaide">Saint Ignatius' College</a> before going on to study economics at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Adelaide" title="University of Adelaide">University of Adelaide</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he dropped out in his first year, working in various casual jobs in retail and hospitality before returning to university to study medicine.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a 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(December 2016)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> He switched to <a href="/wiki/Flinders_University" title="Flinders University">Flinders University</a> to complete his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Medicine_and_Surgery#Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery">Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery</a> (MBBS).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. 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In 1986, he married for a second time, and became a father to twins. In 1987, he and <a href="/wiki/David_Crean" title="David Crean">David Crean</a>, brother of <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> politician <a href="/wiki/Simon_Crean" title="Simon Crean">Simon Crean</a> and later a Tasmanian state Labor minister, established an after-hours locum service which he worked in until 1991. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="President_of_the_Australian_Medical_Association">President of the Australian Medical Association</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: President of the Australian Medical Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1988, Nelson joined the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Medical_Association" title="Australian Medical Association">Australian Medical Association</a>, and in 1990 became the Tasmanian State president of the organisation, taking a reformist approach to the role, and assisted the State branch in growing its membership. In 1991, he replaced Michael Jones, a former AMA president from Western Australia, as federal AMA vice-president.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took a strong public stand against sponsorship of sports events by cigarette companies, lobbying politicians directly for legislative change, and also encouraged airlines to increase the number of non-smoking seats.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 May 1993, Nelson was elected unopposed as federal president of the Australian Medical Association, at 34 being the youngest ever holder of the office. He came to the office after significant hostility between the AMA and the federal Labor government, which peaked at the <a href="/wiki/1993_Australian_federal_election" title="1993 Australian federal election">1993 election</a> under former AMA president <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bruce_Shepherd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bruce Shepherd (page does not exist)">Bruce Shepherd</a> and former Health Minister <a href="/wiki/Brian_Howe_(politician)" title="Brian Howe (politician)">Brian Howe</a>. Nelson attempted to establish better relations with the government and its new Health Minister, <a href="/wiki/Graham_Richardson" title="Graham Richardson">Graham Richardson</a>. He pledged to make <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_Australians" title="Indigenous Australians">Aboriginal</a> health and the effects of unemployment on health a high priority during his term as federal president, and would appoint a full-time worker based in Canberra to look after these issues.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-smh_29may93_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smh_29may93-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an address to the <a href="/wiki/National_Press_Club_(Australia)" title="National Press Club (Australia)">National Press Club</a> on 30 September 1993, acknowledging the AMA's reputation for conservatism, he said he would not "lead the AMA safely", but believed doctors should "lead the way in showing that national progress can be made by placing the welfare and consideration of other human beings ahead of their own," asserting their obligation to speak out on issues for the public good. In the address, he advocated gay law reform, greater concern for the environment, more attention to Aboriginal and unemployed health, and greater co-operation between the medical profession and politicians of all sides to build a better health system.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, he told a national Aboriginal conference in Sydney that he was ashamed of the medical profession's track record on Aboriginal health, arguing that "doctors need to ask themselves how a person can be well when they've been denied their land, their hunting grounds, their citizenship and freedom and even their own children. Of course Aboriginal people's health has suffered when you look at this litany of misery".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As president, while personally opposing <a href="/wiki/Euthanasia" title="Euthanasia">euthanasia</a>, he supported the right of doctors to withdraw treatment from consenting critically ill patients, and supported euthanasia campaigner <a href="/wiki/Philip_Nitschke" title="Philip Nitschke">Philip Nitschke</a>'s case against the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Darwin_Hospital" title="Royal Darwin Hospital">Royal Darwin Hospital</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The role of private health in the health care mix, Aboriginal health, the AMA's ongoing campaign against cigarette sponsorship of sports events, and the size of the Medicare levy were other significant issues which occupied a lot of Nelson's time and attention as federal president, as they did the various Ministers for Health in the final years of the <a href="/wiki/Keating_government" title="Keating government">Keating government</a>. Nelson took ministers and shadow ministers around Central Australia to view Aboriginal communities. In October 1994, the World Conference on Tobacco and Health in Paris unanimously adopted an AMA resolution calling for a formal United Nations strategy on tobacco control.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_involvement_with_the_Australian_Labor_Party">Early involvement with the Australian Labor Party</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Early involvement with the Australian Labor Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson's father's strong involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_labour_movement" title="Australian labour movement">union movement</a> and the Australian Labor Party influenced his early political development, and he joined Labor at the age of 13. However, he resigned from the Labor Party in 1991 before accepting a role on the AMA executive, on account of his perception of it as an apolitical position.<sup id="cite_ref-evolution_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evolution-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-smh_29may93_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smh_29may93-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At a rowdy pre-election rally during the 1993 election campaign in <a href="/wiki/Toorak,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="Toorak, Victoria">Toorak</a>, as vice-president of the AMA, he declared via a <a href="/wiki/Megaphone" title="Megaphone">megaphone</a> that "I have never voted Liberal in my life!"<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 November 1993, he told journalist and medical writer Steve Dow that Labor governments generally were better for Australia but not always in their handling of health care.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dow_1mar95_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dow_1mar95-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_political_career">Early political career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Early political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 1994, Nelson joined the Tasmanian branch of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal Party of Australia</a>. After initially being tipped for the South Australian seat of <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Boothby" title="Division of Boothby">Boothby</a>, being vacated by outgoing Liberal MP <a href="/wiki/Steele_Hall_(Australian_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Steele Hall (Australian politician)">Steele Hall</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he sold his Tasmanian home, and moved to <a href="/wiki/Lindfield,_New_South_Wales" title="Lindfield, New South Wales">Lindfield</a> in the affluent <a href="/wiki/North_Shore_(Sydney)" title="North Shore (Sydney)">North Shore</a> region of Sydney, establishing a surgery at <a href="/wiki/The_Rocks,_New_South_Wales" title="The Rocks, New South Wales">The Rocks</a> and switching his membership to the <a href="/wiki/Pymble,_New_South_Wales" title="Pymble, New South Wales">Pymble</a> branch. On 30 January 1995, he announced his nomination for the preselection contest for <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bradfield" title="Division of Bradfield">Bradfield</a>, a safe Liberal seat in which Pymble was located and held since 1974 by shadow minister <a href="/wiki/David_Connolly_(politician)" title="David Connolly (politician)">David Connolly</a>. The seat had been in Liberal hands for its entire existence, and the Liberals held it with a 27-percent majority, making it the safest Coalition seat in Sydney and one of the safest Coalition seats in metropolitan Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was supported in his bid by former AMA president Bruce Shepherd, who served as his campaign treasurer. On 1 March 1995, at a Liberal gathering, he renounced his view that Labor governments had been better for Australia, and stated that he believed Medicare was unsustainable and that voluntary work programs for the unemployed would build self-esteem, and advocated a <a href="/wiki/Consumption_tax" title="Consumption tax">consumption tax</a>. He also declared that he intended to be a high-profile member of Parliament, saying "if all I wanted to do was be a parliamentarian, a seat-warmer, I would have gone for a marginal seat."<sup id="cite_ref-dow_1mar95_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dow_1mar95-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A bitter preselection campaign ensued; and, on 13 May 1995, he gained the party's endorsement on a 96-to-93 vote, even though Connolly had the support of Liberal leader <a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a> and deputy leader <a href="/wiki/Peter_Costello" title="Peter Costello">Peter Costello</a>. Nelson claimed his win was "a victory for liberalism".<sup id="cite_ref-evolution_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evolution-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the preselection, Nelson worked on an Aboriginal health program for the <a href="/wiki/Cape_York_Peninsula" title="Cape York Peninsula">Cape York Peninsula</a>; and, in June, following his retirement as president of the AMA, went to the slums of <a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a>, Kenya, on behalf of <a href="/wiki/World_Vision" class="mw-redirect" title="World Vision">World Vision</a> to hear about that country's struggles with <a href="/wiki/AIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="AIDS">AIDS</a>, three months after losing his younger brother to the disease.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 July 1995, as master of ceremonies for a fundraising dinner supporting Howard, he was criticised for his risque humour concerning then-current entertainment and political events, not having realised that Lady Fairfax, Lady McMahon, and conservative business leaders were in the audience. The incident attracted considerable publicity and there were calls from inside the Liberal Party to reverse his preselection, but he was supported by key decision-makers including the president of the NSW Liberal Party.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_for_Bradfield_(1996–2009)"><span id="Member_for_Bradfield_.281996.E2.80.932009.29"></span>Member for Bradfield (1996–2009)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Member for Bradfield (1996–2009)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brendan_John_Nelson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Brendan_John_Nelson.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="250" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Nelson shortly after his election to Parliament.</figcaption></figure> <p>Nelson was elected to Parliament as expected at the <a href="/wiki/1996_Australian_federal_election" title="1996 Australian federal election">federal election</a> on 2 March 1996,<sup id="cite_ref-Nelson_aph_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nelson_aph-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at which the Keating government was defeated and John Howard became <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Australia" title="Prime Minister of Australia">Prime Minister</a>. Although he suffered a tiny swing against him, he still took 64.7 percent of the primary vote and 75.8 percent after preferences were distributed. Nelson spent his first two terms as a government backbencher, while establishing himself as a leading member of the moderate, or "small-l liberal," wing of the Liberal Party.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Nelson was a vocal opponent of the views of Independent MP <a href="/wiki/Pauline_Hanson" title="Pauline Hanson">Pauline Hanson</a> following her maiden speech on 10 September 1996, challenging her to visit <a href="/wiki/Palm_Island,_Queensland" title="Palm Island, Queensland">Palm Island</a> and other Aboriginal communities with him.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 6 October, he proposed a bipartisan condemnation of her statements along lines already suggested by Labor Opposition leader <a href="/wiki/Kim_Beazley" title="Kim Beazley">Kim Beazley</a>, saying that politicians had an obligation to show leadership on the issue.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He questioned the Prime Minister, who offered to cooperate and negotiate, but indicated he would not support the Opposition's motion in full.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 19 October, Nelson said he believed the Government needed to more clearly repudiate Hanson's claims, and that she was "appealing to a primeval instinct" in her statements on Aboriginals and Asian migrants.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 October 1996, a bipartisan motion on tolerance, nondiscriminatory immigration and Aboriginal reconciliation was moved and passed.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 1996, Liberal MP <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Andrews_(politician)" title="Kevin Andrews (politician)">Kevin Andrews</a> raised a private members' bill to overturn the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a>'s euthanasia legislation, which had been championed by Dr Philip Nitschke. Nelson, along with former New South Wales premier <a href="/wiki/John_Fahey_(politician)" title="John Fahey (politician)">John Fahey</a>, were accused of convincing the son of the first man to die under the law, who had previously been a euthanasia advocate, to change his mind. The man, a branch secretary of a rural Liberal branch, ended up in hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown following the publicity surrounding the matter.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the bill went through the House of Representatives on 10 December, Nelson was one of 88 MPs who voted for Andrews' bill on a conscience vote.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson also had to apologise to Parliament in March 1997 when it was found that 11 parts of a speech he had given matched a paper on overseas doctors by immigration expert Bob Birrell of <a href="/wiki/Monash_University" title="Monash University">Monash University</a> published the previous year.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-Nelson_aph_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nelson_aph-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In this role he directed the <a href="/wiki/Mulwala" title="Mulwala">Mulwala</a> ammunition factory to be decontaminated and decommissioned.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_for_Education,_Science_and_Training_(2001–2006)"><span id="Minister_for_Education.2C_Science_and_Training_.282001.E2.80.932006.29"></span>Minister for Education, Science and Training (2001–2006)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Minister for Education, Science and Training (2001–2006)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the <a href="/wiki/2001_Australian_federal_election" title="2001 Australian federal election">2001 federal election</a> he was promoted directly to Cabinet with the senior portfolio of <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Education_(Australia)" title="Minister for Education (Australia)">Minister for Education, Science and Training</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nelson_aph_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nelson_aph-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite Bradfield's long-standing status as a comfortably safe Liberal seat, Nelson was the first person to be promoted to cabinet while holding the seat. </p><p>He introduced a series of radical changes to Australia's higher education system that simultaneously imposed more direct government control over the management of universities while also allowing them to earn more revenue by charging higher fees to students. He extended the government's policy of directing more federal funding to non-government schools, as well as becoming more involved in reviewing the state education systems. In 2005 he introduced <a href="/wiki/Voluntary_Student_Unionism" class="mw-redirect" title="Voluntary Student Unionism">Voluntary Student Unionism</a>. He was a popular target for student activism because of these changes.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson announced in August 2004 that public schools "must have a functioning flagpole, fly the Australian flag and display the values framework in a prominent place in the school."<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005 Nelson expressed support for giving parents the option of having students exposed to the controversial subject of <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design" title="Intelligent design">intelligent design</a>. However he emphasised that <a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">evolution</a> should always hold first place saying, "I'd be quite concerned if intelligent design were to replace evolution."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later said intelligent design should only be taught in religion or philosophy classes.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_for_Defence_(2006–2007)"><span id="Minister_for_Defence_.282006.E2.80.932007.29"></span>Minister for Defence (2006–2007)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Minister for Defence (2006–2007)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NelsonGates.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/NelsonGates.jpg/220px-NelsonGates.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/NelsonGates.jpg/330px-NelsonGates.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/NelsonGates.jpg/440px-NelsonGates.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4096" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Nelson with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> in August 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>After his rapid promotion to Cabinet, Nelson was spoken of as a possible future Liberal leader.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 24 January 2006, then Prime Minister John Howard announced Nelson's promotion from the Education, Science and Training portfolio to the high profile Defence portfolio.<sup id="cite_ref-Nelson_aph_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nelson_aph-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Defence Minister, he made the controversial decision to purchase <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a>'s <a href="/wiki/F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">Super Hornet</a> aircraft instead of a fighter perceived by some to be more capable.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leader_of_the_Opposition_(2007–2008)"><span id="Leader_of_the_Opposition_.282007.E2.80.932008.29"></span>Leader of the Opposition (2007–2008)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Leader of the Opposition (2007–2008)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the defeat of the Howard government at the <a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_federal_election" title="2007 Australian federal election">2007 federal election</a>, he was <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill,_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2007">elected Liberal party leader</a> and therefore Leader of the Opposition, narrowly defeating <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a> in a 45 to 42 vote,<sup id="cite_ref-SMH_Nelson_wins_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMH_Nelson_wins-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after the withdrawal from the race of <a href="/wiki/Tony_Abbott" title="Tony Abbott">Tony Abbott</a>. After Nelson's election, his political past resurfaced, with him claiming he came from a Labor family.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson became the first person since <a href="/wiki/Billy_Snedden" title="Billy Snedden">Billy Snedden</a> in 1972 to become Opposition Leader without prior experience in Opposition. Nelson also became the first Catholic to lead the Liberal Party.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson was elected Liberal leader on 29 November, four days before the commission of the Howard government and hence his appointment as Defence Minister was terminated. This meant that technically he was both Liberal leader and Defence Minister in those four days. </p><p>On 1 December 2007 Nelson attempted to distance himself from some of the conservative policies of his predecessor, saying "I don't support gay marriage, adoption or IVF. But I believe in addressing the social and economic injustices affecting homosexuals."<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson declared that the Liberal Party had "listened and learned" from the Australian public on <a href="/wiki/WorkChoices" title="WorkChoices">WorkChoices</a>. He pronounced the program "dead," vowing it would never be resurrected as part of Coalition policy, and called on the Government to move quickly to introduce draft industrial relations legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2263391713_bde6dd94ee_o.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/2263391713_bde6dd94ee_o.jpg/220px-2263391713_bde6dd94ee_o.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/2263391713_bde6dd94ee_o.jpg/330px-2263391713_bde6dd94ee_o.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/2263391713_bde6dd94ee_o.jpg/440px-2263391713_bde6dd94ee_o.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1111" /></a><figcaption>Crowds turn their backs part way through Brendan Nelson's <a href="/wiki/Stolen_generations#Opposition_leader's_parliamentary_reply_and_reaction" class="mw-redirect" title="Stolen generations">reply</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/MOS:BROKENSECTIONLINKS" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:BROKENSECTIONLINKS"><span title="The anchor (Opposition leader's parliamentary reply and reaction) has been deleted. (2025-01-01)">broken anchor</span></a></i>]</sup> to the <a href="/wiki/Stolen_generations#Australian_federal_parliament_apology" class="mw-redirect" title="Stolen generations">Parliamentary apology</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Stolen_generations" class="mw-redirect" title="Stolen generations">stolen generations</a> in February 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In January 2008, Nelson opposed making any formal apology to the Indigenous Australians known as the "<a href="/wiki/Stolen_Generations" title="Stolen Generations">Stolen Generations</a>". Nelson said such an apology would fuel guilt among middle Australia, and cause a mentality of "victimhood" among indigenous Australians.<sup id="cite_ref-SMH_division_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMH_division-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early February 2008, Nelson changed his stance, and declared that he supported the apology, first personally,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then also on behalf of his party: </p> <blockquote><p>I, on behalf of the Coalition, of the alternative government of Australia, are [sic] providing in-principle support for the offer of an apology to the forcibly removed generations of Aboriginal children.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>When a motion formally apologising to the Stolen Generations was put before the House on 13 February, Nelson voted in favour, as did all Coalition members present in the chamber. However, seven members of Nelson's caucus—<a href="/wiki/Peter_Dutton" title="Peter Dutton">Peter Dutton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_Randall_(politician)" title="Don Randall (politician)">Don Randall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Mirabella" title="Sophie Mirabella">Sophie Mirabella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Jensen" title="Dennis Jensen">Dennis Jensen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Tuckey" title="Wilson Tuckey">Wilson Tuckey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luke_Simpkins" title="Luke Simpkins">Luke Simpkins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alby_Schultz" title="Alby Schultz">Alby Schultz</a>—were absent. Before the vote, Nelson delivered a 20-minute speech endorsing the apology. Nelson's endorsement triggered nationwide protests; several people watching the speech booed, jeered and turned their backs on him.<sup id="cite_ref-backturn_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-backturn-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson's leadership came under increased pressure in January 2008, after an MP shifted loyalties to Turnbull, and taking into consideration that former MP <a href="/wiki/Dave_Tollner" title="Dave Tollner">Dave Tollner</a> had been allowed to vote in the initial contest, the leadership vote would now be deadlocked at 43–43.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Newspoll" title="Newspoll">Newspoll</a> polling in February 2008 set a record low "Preferred Prime Minister" rating for any opposition leader at 9 percent, with March polling setting another record of 7 percent, with <a href="/wiki/Two-party-preferred_vote" title="Two-party-preferred vote">two-party-preferred</a> setting another Newspoll record at 37–63 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson responded by declaring himself the underdog.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to increased speculation about his leadership Nelson commented in April that he "will keep fighting and standing up for everyday Australians.".<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson used his 2008 budget reply to declare the <a href="/wiki/First_Rudd_government" class="mw-redirect" title="First Rudd government">Rudd government</a> budget a "tax and spend" budget, as well as arguing for a 5-cent reduction in petrol excise, and pledging to block an increase in the "<a href="/wiki/Alcopop" title="Alcopop">alcopop</a>" tax.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2008, Nelson gave his approval to a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland" title="Liberal National Party of Queensland">merger</a> occurring between the Queensland Liberal Party and Queensland National Party.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Support for Nelson as leader within the Liberal Party had all but collapsed by the end of July 2008, in part due to repeated gaffes on emissions trading and climate change. Expected to challenge him was either Peter Costello or Malcolm Turnbull, upon the release of Costello's book, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Costello_Memoirs" title="The Costello Memoirs">The Costello Memoirs</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Costello stated he would not be making any move for the Liberal leadership,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however media outlets capitalised on Costello's failure to categorically rule out any future leadership challenge.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson suffered from another gaffe in August 2008, where he stated: </p> <blockquote><p>Peter's made his decision that he did not seek the leadership of the party. As I've said before, I'd be very happy if he changes his mind.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>He later attempted to clarify the comment in that he was referring to Costello staying in parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite a small and steady increase after record low polling, Nelson lost the leadership of the Liberal Party to Shadow Treasurer, Malcolm Turnbull, on 16 September 2008 by 45 to 41 votes in a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2008">spill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson went to the backbench. </p><p>Turnbull and later Liberal leader Tony Abbott eventually became prime ministers and meant that so far Nelson is the only Liberal leader of the 21st century who did not become prime minister. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resignation_from_politics">Resignation from politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Resignation from politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 16 February 2009, Nelson announced that he would retire from politics at the next federal election.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 August 2009, he announced that he would resign from Parliament in late September 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-retirement_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-retirement-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearly two months later, Nelson officially resigned on 19 October 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> triggering the <a href="/wiki/2009_Bradfield_by-election" title="2009 Bradfield by-election">2009 Bradfield by-election</a>. He maintains an interest in Australian political life, recently speaking at a Liberal Party event in honour of Australia's first Indigenous Parliamentarian, Senator <a href="/wiki/Neville_Bonner" title="Neville Bonner">Neville Bonner</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-political_career">Post-political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Post-political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense.gov_photo_essay_120426-D-0193C-003.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Defense.gov_photo_essay_120426-D-0193C-003.jpg/220px-Defense.gov_photo_essay_120426-D-0193C-003.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Defense.gov_photo_essay_120426-D-0193C-003.jpg/330px-Defense.gov_photo_essay_120426-D-0193C-003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Defense.gov_photo_essay_120426-D-0193C-003.jpg/440px-Defense.gov_photo_essay_120426-D-0193C-003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1227" data-file-height="818" /></a><figcaption>Brendan Nelson, as Australia's ambassador to the European Union, speaks with U.S. Army Gen. <a href="/wiki/Martin_E._Dempsey" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin E. Dempsey">Martin E. Dempsey</a>, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a North Atlantic Council meeting in Brussels, April 26, 2012.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diplomatic_appointments">Diplomatic appointments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Diplomatic appointments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 17 September 2009, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Australia)" title="Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)">Foreign Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Smith_(Australian_politician)" title="Stephen Smith (Australian politician)">Stephen Smith</a> appointed Nelson as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Ambassadors_to_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Ambassadors to Belgium">Ambassador</a> to <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the same time appointing former Federal Labor Leader Kim Beazley as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Ambassadors_to_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Ambassadors to the United States">Australian Ambassador to the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a> announced the appointments in Canberra the same day. Nelson accepted the appointment from his former rival and commended the decision to appoint Beazley as Ambassador to the US. Nelson said of both appointments, they "would be accepted across the political spectrum."<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Director_of_the_Australian_War_Memorial">Director of the Australian War Memorial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Director of the Australian War Memorial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 23 August 2012, the government announced Nelson's forthcoming appointment in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Public_Service" title="Australian Public Service">Australian Public Service</a> as the new Director of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_War_Memorial" title="Australian War Memorial">Australian War Memorial</a> effective from 17 December 2012, succeeding Major General <a href="/wiki/Steve_Gower" title="Steve Gower">Steve Gower</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2019, Nelson announced that after seven years he would be stepping down as head of the Australian War Memorial.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Business_appointments">Business appointments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Business appointments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ft_KLIOWIAESeL-.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Ft_KLIOWIAESeL-.jpg/220px-Ft_KLIOWIAESeL-.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Ft_KLIOWIAESeL-.jpg/330px-Ft_KLIOWIAESeL-.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Ft_KLIOWIAESeL-.jpg/440px-Ft_KLIOWIAESeL-.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1277" /></a><figcaption>Nelson meeting with <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a> (<a href="/wiki/U.S._ambassador_to_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. ambassador to Japan">U.S. ambassador to Japan</a>) in 2023 during his tenure with Boeing</figcaption></figure> <p>In February 2020, Nelson became the president of <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Australia" title="Boeing Australia">Boeing Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2022, it was announced that effective January 12, 2023, Nelson would serve as the head of Boeing's international division.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nelson is married to Gillian, whom he married in 1999, raising her daughter together.<sup id="cite_ref-evolution_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evolution-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was previously married to Kate, a nurse. They married in 1983, were together 15 years, raising their twins, a son and daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Whilst a student, he had been briefly married to his childhood sweetheart, Deanna.<sup id="cite_ref-evolution_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evolution-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, his brother, Philip, died after a long battle with AIDS.<sup id="cite_ref-evolution_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-evolution-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nelson's hobbies include playing guitar<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and riding motorcycles, a habit he began at 17 when he dropped out of an economics degree at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Adelaide" title="University of Adelaide">University of Adelaide</a> and needed a cheap form of transport.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016 Nelson was appointed an <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Australia" title="Order of Australia">Officer of the Order of Australia</a> in recognition for his distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, to the community, to the advancement of Australia's international relations, and to major cultural institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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"Nelson will keep seat – party chief". <i>The Age</i>. p. 6.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Age&rft.atitle=Nelson+will+keep+seat+%E2%80%93+party+chief&rft.pages=6&rft.date=1995-07-24&rft.aulast=Grattan&rft.aufirst=Michelle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nelson_aph-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Nelson_aph_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nelson_aph_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nelson_aph_28-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Nelson_aph_28-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://handbook.aph.gov.au/Parliamentarian/RW5">"Hon Brendan Nelson MP"</a>. <i>Senators and Members of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Parliament of Australia</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Senators+and+Members+of+the+Parliament+of+Australia&rft.atitle=Hon+Brendan+Nelson+MP&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhandbook.aph.gov.au%2FParliamentarian%2FRW5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCorbett1996" class="citation news cs1">Corbett, Bryce (19 September 1996). "Hanson goes even further out on a limb". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph_(Sydney)" title="The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)">The Daily Telegraph</a></i>. p. 13.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Hanson+goes+even+further+out+on+a+limb&rft.pages=13&rft.date=1996-09-19&rft.aulast=Corbett&rft.aufirst=Bryce&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChan1996" class="citation news cs1">Chan, Gabrielle (7 October 1996). "Howard rejects racism claim as McCarthyism". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Australian" title="The Australian">The Australian</a></i>. p. 4.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Australian&rft.atitle=Howard+rejects+racism+claim+as+McCarthyism&rft.pages=4&rft.date=1996-10-07&rft.aulast=Chan&rft.aufirst=Gabrielle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span><br />* <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChan1996" class="citation news cs1">Chan, Gabrielle (15 October 1996). "PM challenged to take stand on racism". <i>The Australian</i>. p. 2.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Australian&rft.atitle=PM+challenged+to+take+stand+on+racism&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1996-10-15&rft.aulast=Chan&rft.aufirst=Gabrielle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChan1996" class="citation news cs1">Chan, Gabrielle (16 October 1996). "PM offers to negotiate bipartisan race motion". <i>The Australian</i>. p. 3.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Australian&rft.atitle=PM+offers+to+negotiate+bipartisan+race+motion&rft.pages=3&rft.date=1996-10-16&rft.aulast=Chan&rft.aufirst=Gabrielle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRees1996" class="citation news cs1">Rees, Peter (20 October 1996). "Hanson 'awakens base instincts'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Telegraph" title="The Sunday Telegraph">The Sunday Telegraph</a></i>. p. 15.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sunday+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Hanson+%27awakens+base+instincts%27&rft.pages=15&rft.date=1996-10-20&rft.aulast=Rees&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWard1997" class="citation journal cs1">Ward, Ian (August 1997). "Australian Political Chronicle: July–December 1996". <i>Australian Journal of Politics and History</i>. <b>43</b> (2): 216. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1467-8497.1997.tb01389.x">10.1111/j.1467-8497.1997.tb01389.x</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0004-9522">0004-9522</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Australian+Journal+of+Politics+and+History&rft.atitle=Australian+Political+Chronicle%3A+July%E2%80%93December+1996&rft.volume=43&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=216&rft.date=1997-08&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1111%2Fj.1467-8497.1997.tb01389.x&rft.issn=0004-9522&rft.aulast=Ward&rft.aufirst=Ian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiddleton1996" class="citation news cs1">Middleton, Karen (4 December 1996). "Euthanasia about-turn by Liberal son". <i>The Age</i>. p. 2.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Age&rft.atitle=Euthanasia+about-turn+by+Liberal+son&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1996-12-04&rft.aulast=Middleton&rft.aufirst=Karen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span><br />* <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Nervous collapse hospitalises euthanasia son". <i>The Australian</i>. 5 December 1996. p. 3.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Australian&rft.atitle=Nervous+collapse+hospitalises+euthanasia+son&rft.pages=3&rft.date=1996-12-05&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hansard; also, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCeresa1996" class="citation news cs1">Ceresa, Maria (11 December 1996). "We cannot fight MPs' vote – Stone". <i>The Australian</i>. p. 2.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Australian&rft.atitle=We+cannot+fight+MPs%27+vote+%E2%80%93+Stone&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1996-12-11&rft.aulast=Ceresa&rft.aufirst=Maria&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiddleton1997" class="citation news cs1">Middleton, Karen (7 March 1997). "Liberal apologises to the House". <i>The Age</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Age&rft.atitle=Liberal+apologises+to+the+House&rft.date=1997-03-07&rft.aulast=Middleton&rft.aufirst=Karen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span> Also <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Nelson says sorry over plagiarism". <i>The Australian</i>. 7 March 1997. p. 3.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Australian&rft.atitle=Nelson+says+sorry+over+plagiarism&rft.pages=3&rft.date=1997-03-07&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span> The publication involved was <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBirrell1996" class="citation journal cs1">Birrell, Bob (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090913213151/http://elecpress.monash.edu.au/pnp/free/pnpv4n3/birrell.htm">"Medical manpower: the continuing crisis"</a>. <i>People and Place</i>. <b>4</b> (3): <span class="nowrap">37–</span>46. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1039-4788">1039-4788</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://elecpress.monash.edu.au/pnp/free/pnpv4n3/birrell.htm">the original</a> on 13 September 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=People+and+Place&rft.atitle=Medical+manpower%3A+the+continuing+crisis&rft.volume=4&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E37-%3C%2Fspan%3E46&rft.date=1996&rft.issn=1039-4788&rft.aulast=Birrell&rft.aufirst=Bob&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Felecpress.monash.edu.au%2Fpnp%2Ffree%2Fpnpv4n3%2Fbirrell.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1108183896">"2006/2007 (Vol. 1 - Dept of Defence), PP no. 89 of 2008"</a>. <i>Trove</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 October</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Trove&rft.atitle=2006%2F2007+%28Vol.+1+-+Dept+of+Defence%29%2C+PP+no.+89+of+2008&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnla.gov.au%2Fnla.obj-1108183896&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1469902.htm">Nelson too chicken to face us, say students</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071201180436/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1469902.htm">Archived</a> 1 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">Australian Broadcasting Corporation</a></i>, 28 September 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/safety-fear-stops-nelson-talking-at-uni-again/2005/09/28/1127804511206.html">'Safety fear' stops Nelson talking at uni again</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald" title="The Sydney Morning Herald">The Sydney Morning Herald</a></i>, 28 September 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-685738704">"Vol. 85 No. 07 (9 Aug 2004)"</a>. <i>Trove</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 October</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Trove&rft.atitle=Vol.+85+No.+07+%289+Aug+2004%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnla.gov.au%2Fnla.obj-685738704&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-21328">"Joint Press Conference with Minister for Education, Science and Training Brendan Nelson Prime Minister's Courtyard Parliament House, Canberra"</a>. <i>pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au</i>. 22 June 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 October</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au&rft.atitle=Joint+Press+Conference+with+Minister+for+Education%2C+Science+and+Training+Brendan+Nelson+Prime+Minister%27s+Courtyard+Parliament+House%2C+Canberra&rft.date=2004-06-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au%2Frelease%2Ftranscript-21328&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/08/10/1123353386917.html">'Intelligent design' an option: Nelson</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Age" title="The Age">The Age</a></i>, 11 August 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/intelligent-design-not-science-experts/2005/10/20/1129775902661.html">Intelligent design not science: experts</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald" title="The Sydney Morning Herald">The Sydney Morning Herald</a></i>, 21 October 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2007/s2073943.htm">'Flying Blind'</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160925144139/http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2007/s2073943.htm">Archived</a> 25 September 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Four_Corners_(Australian_TV_program)" title="Four Corners (Australian TV program)">Four Corners</a></i>, 29 October 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/29/2105620.htm">"Nelson dogged by Labor party past"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Australian Broadcasting Corporation">ABC</a> News. 29 November 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Nelson+dogged+by+Labor+party+past&rft.pub=ABC+News&rft.date=2007-11-29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F2007%2F11%2F29%2F2105620.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080807073719/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0%2C25197%2C24091952-25090%2C00.html">Holy oversight, Brendan: The Australian 29 July 2008</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22856091-2,00.html">'Nelson backs gay legal rights'</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080920125235/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C23599%2C22856091-2%2C00.html">Archived</a> 20 September 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Sunday <a href="/wiki/Herald_Sun" title="Herald Sun">Herald Sun</a></i>, 2 December 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/19/2123199.htm?section=justin">"Nelson declares WorkChoices dead"</a>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dfat.gov.au/homs/be.html">the original</a> on 9 August 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ambassador+to+Belgium%2C+Luxembourg%2C+the+European+Union+and+NATO&rft.pub=Australian+Government&rft.au=Department+of+Foreign+Affairs+and+Trade&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dfat.gov.au%2Fhoms%2Fbe.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-80"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-80">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAustralian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_and_Trade" class="citation web cs1">Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2009/fa-s090917.html">"Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the United States"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Diplomatic+Appointment%3A+Ambassador+to+the+United+States&rft.au=Australian+Minister+for+Foreign+Affairs+and+Trade&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foreignminister.gov.au%2Freleases%2F2009%2Ffa-s090917.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-autogenerated1-81"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_81-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26086104-29277,00.html">"Kim Beazley, Brendan Nelson new US, EU ambassadors"</a>. News.com.au. 17 September 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 April</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Kim+Beazley%2C+Brendan+Nelson+new+US%2C+EU+ambassadors&rft.pub=News.com.au&rft.date=2009-09-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fstory%2F0%2C27574%2C26086104-29277%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-82"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-82">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121207214539/http://minister.dva.gov.au/media_releases/2012/aug/va067.htm">"Australian War Memorial Director Appointed"</a> (Press release). The Hon <a href="/wiki/Warren_Snowdon" title="Warren Snowdon">Warren Snowdon</a> MP. 23 August 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://minister.dva.gov.au/media_releases/2012/aug/va067.htm">the original</a> on 7 December 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 August</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Australian+War+Memorial+Director+Appointed&rft.pub=The+Hon+Warren+Snowdon+MP&rft.date=2012-08-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fminister.dva.gov.au%2Fmedia_releases%2F2012%2Faug%2Fva067.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-83"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-83">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.awm.gov.au/media/press-releases/Dr-Nelson-Retirement">"Australian War Memorial Director to retire from position"</a> (Press release). Australian War Memorial. 15 August 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Australian+War+Memorial+Director+to+retire+from+position&rft.pub=Australian+War+Memorial&rft.date=2019-08-15&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.awm.gov.au%2Fmedia%2Fpress-releases%2FDr-Nelson-Retirement&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-84"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-84">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/boeing-australia-appoints-brendan-nelson-president/">Boeing Australia appoints Brendan Nelson president</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200120040454/https://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/boeing-australia-appoints-brendan-nelson-president/">Archived</a> 20 January 2020 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Manufacturers Monthly</i> 20 January 2020</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-85"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-85">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLiang2022" class="citation web cs1">Liang, John (5 December 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://insidedefense.com/insider/nelson-named-head-boeing-international#:~:text=Boeing%20announced%20it%20has%20named,council%2C%20according%20to%20a%20statement.">"Nelson named head of Boeing International | InsideDefense.com"</a>. <i>Inside Defense</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 April</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Inside+Defense&rft.atitle=Nelson+named+head+of+Boeing+International+%7C+InsideDefense.com&rft.date=2022-12-05&rft.aulast=Liang&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Finsidedefense.com%2Finsider%2Fnelson-named-head-boeing-international%23%3A~%3Atext%3DBoeing%2520announced%2520it%2520has%2520named%2Ccouncil%252C%2520according%2520to%2520a%2520statement.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-86"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-86">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMilne2007" class="citation news cs1">Milne, Glenn (1 December 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/liberal-backflip-on-gay-rights/news-story/efc7736300818af2e3e2a442979c3395">"Liberal backflip on gay rights"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Courier_Mail" class="mw-redirect" title="The Courier Mail">The Courier Mail</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Courier+Mail&rft.atitle=Liberal+backflip+on+gay+rights&rft.date=2007-12-01&rft.aulast=Milne&rft.aufirst=Glenn&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fliberal-backflip-on-gay-rights%2Fnews-story%2Fefc7736300818af2e3e2a442979c3395&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-87"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-87">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theage.com.au/national/selling-it-like-it-is-20040228-gdxedm.html">"Selling it like it is"</a>. <i>The Age</i>. 28 February 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 October</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Age&rft.atitle=Selling+it+like+it+is&rft.date=2004-02-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fnational%2Fselling-it-like-it-is-20040228-gdxedm.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-88"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-88">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.brendannelson.com.au/Pages/Interests/Guitar.aspx">Brendan Nelson's Interests – Playing the Guitar</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080719082510/http://www.brendannelson.com.au/Pages/Interests/Guitar.aspx">Archived</a> 19 July 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-89"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-89">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFranklin2008" class="citation news cs1">Franklin, Matthew (2 April 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080925221941/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23470267-5013871,00.html">"Brendan on stairway to Kevin"</a>. <i>The Australian</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23470267-5013871,00.html">the original</a> on 25 September 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 April</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Australian&rft.atitle=Brendan+on+stairway+to+Kevin&rft.date=2008-04-02&rft.aulast=Franklin&rft.aufirst=Matthew&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theaustralian.news.com.au%2Fstory%2F0%2C25197%2C23470267-5013871%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-90"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-90">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.brendannelson.com.au/Pages/Interests/Motorcycles.aspx">Brendan Nelson's Interests – Riding Motorcycles</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080325003021/http://www.brendannelson.com.au/Pages/Interests/Motorcycles.aspx">Archived</a> 25 March 2008 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-91"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-91">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1152692">"Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) entry for The Honourable Dr Brendan John NELSON"</a>. <i>Australian Honours Database</i>. Canberra, Australia: <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Prime_Minister_and_Cabinet_(Australia)" title="Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia)">Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet</a>. 26 January 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 December</span> 2022</span>. <q>For distinguished service to the Parliament of Australia, to the community, to the advancement of Australia's international relations, and to major cultural institutions</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Australian+Honours+Database&rft.atitle=Officer+of+the+Order+of+Australia+%28AO%29+entry+for+The+Honourable+Dr+Brendan+John+NELSON&rft.date=2016-01-26&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhonours.pmc.gov.au%2Fhonours%2Fawards%2F1152692&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrendan+Nelson" class="Z3988"></span> </span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brendan_Nelson&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Weedon" title="David Weedon">David Weedon</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Australia" title="Parliament of Australia">Parliament of Australia</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Connolly_(politician)" title="David Connolly (politician)">David Connolly</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Bradfield" title="Division of Bradfield">Member for Bradfield</a> </b><br />1996–2009 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Fletcher_(politician)" title="Paul Fletcher (politician)">Paul Fletcher</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Kemp_(Australian_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Kemp (Australian politician)">David Kemp</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister for <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Education_(Australia)" title="Minister for Education (Australia)">Education</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Innovation,_Industry,_Science_and_Research_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Australia)">Science</a> and Training </b><br />2001–2006 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Julie_Bishop" title="Julie Bishop">Julie Bishop</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hill_(Australian_politician)" title="Robert Hill (Australian politician)">Robert Hill</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for Defence</a> </b><br />2006–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joel_Fitzgibbon" title="Joel Fitzgibbon">Joel Fitzgibbon</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rudd" title="Kevin Rudd">Kevin Rudd</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Leaders_of_the_Opposition" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition">Leader of the Opposition of Australia</a> </b><br />2007–2008 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia</a> </b><br />2007–2008 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FACEFF;">Diplomatic posts </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_Thomas_(diplomat)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alan Thomas (diplomat) (page does not exist)">Alan Thomas</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Ambassadors_to_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Ambassadors to Belgium">Australian Ambassador to Belgium, the EU and Luxembourg</a> </b><br />2010–2012 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Lewis" title="Duncan Lewis">Duncan Lewis</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New title</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Australian_Ambassadors_to_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australian Ambassadors to Belgium">Australian Ambassador to NATO</a> </b><br />2012 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<li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hewson" title="John Hewson">John Hewson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Downer" title="Alexander Downer">Alexander Downer</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a></b></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brendan Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tony_Abbott" title="Tony Abbott">Tony Abbott</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Dutton" title="Peter Dutton">Peter Dutton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">Deputy Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Harrison" title="Eric Harrison">Eric Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Holt" title="Harold Holt">Harold Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McMahon" title="William McMahon">William McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gorton" title="John Gorton">John Gorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Snedden" title="Billy Snedden">Billy Snedden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Lynch" title="Phillip Lynch">Phillip Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Brown_(Australian_politician)" title="Neil Brown (Australian politician)">Neil Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peacock" title="Andrew Peacock">Andrew Peacock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Chaney" title="Fred Chaney">Fred Chaney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Reith" title="Peter Reith">Peter Reith</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Richard_Casey,_Baron_Casey" title="Richard Casey, Baron Casey">Richard Casey</a></li> <li>W. H. Anderson</li> <li>Lyle Moore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_McBride" title="Philip McBride">Philip McBride</a></li> <li>J. E. Pagan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Southey_(businessman)" title="Robert Southey (businessman)">Robert Southey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Atwill" title="John Atwill">John Atwill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Forbes_(Australian_politician)" title="Jim Forbes (Australian politician)">A. J. Forbes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Valder" title="John Valder">John Valder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Elliott_(businessman)" title="John Elliott (businessman)">John Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Goldsworthy" title="Ashley Goldsworthy">Ashley Goldsworthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Staley" title="Tony Staley">Tony Staley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shane_Stone" title="Shane Stone">Shane Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_McDiven" title="Chris McDiven">Chris McDiven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Stockdale" title="Alan Stockdale">Alan Stockdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Alston_(politician)" title="Richard Alston (politician)">Richard Alston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Greiner" title="Nick Greiner">Nick Greiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Olsen" title="John Olsen">John Olsen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">Governments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Menzies_government_(1949%E2%80%931966)" title="Menzies government (1949–1966)">Menzies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holt_government" title="Holt government">Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorton_government" title="Gorton government">Gorton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMahon_government" title="McMahon government">McMahon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fraser_government" title="Fraser government">Fraser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_government" title="Howard government">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbott_government" title="Abbott government">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turnbull_government" title="Turnbull government">Turnbull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrison_government" title="Morrison government">Morrison</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">Ministries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Menzies_ministry" title="Fourth Menzies ministry">Menzies 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Menzies_ministry" title="Fifth Menzies ministry">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Menzies_ministry" title="Sixth Menzies ministry">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Menzies_ministry" title="Seventh Menzies ministry">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Menzies_ministry" title="Eighth Menzies ministry">8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninth_Menzies_ministry" title="Ninth Menzies ministry">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Menzies_ministry" title="Tenth Menzies ministry">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Holt_ministry" title="First Holt ministry">Holt 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Holt_ministry" title="Second Holt ministry">2</a></li> <li><a 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(1983–85)">Peacock I</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shadow_Ministry_of_John_Howard_(1985%E2%80%9389)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shadow Ministry of John Howard (1985–89) (page does not exist)">Howard I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Andrew_Peacock_(1989%E2%80%9390)" title="Shadow Ministry of Andrew Peacock (1989–90)">Peacock II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_John_Hewson" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Ministry of John Hewson">Hewson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Alexander_Downer" title="Shadow Ministry of Alexander Downer">Downer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_John_Howard_(1995%E2%80%9396)" title="Shadow Ministry of John Howard (1995–96)">Howard II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Brendan_Nelson" title="Shadow Ministry of Brendan Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Malcolm_Turnbull" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Ministry of Malcolm Turnbull">Turnbull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_Ministry_of_Tony_Abbott" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow Ministry of Tony Abbott">Abbott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shadow_ministry_of_Peter_Dutton" title="Shadow ministry of Peter Dutton">Dutton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">State divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canberra_Liberals" title="Canberra Liberals">Australian Capital Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Liberal_Party" title="New South Wales Liberal Party">New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_Liberal_Party" title="Country Liberal Party">Northern Territory (Country Liberal Party)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland" title="Liberal National Party of Queensland">Queensland (Liberal National Party)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Australian_Liberal_Party" title="South Australian Liberal Party">South Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasmanian_Liberal_Party" title="Tasmanian Liberal Party">Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victorian_Liberal_Party" title="Victorian Liberal Party">Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Australian_Liberal_Party" title="Western Australian Liberal Party">Western Australia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">Party-related organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Liberal_Students%27_Federation" title="Australian Liberal Students' Federation">Australian Liberal Students' Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal_(Australia)" title="Independent Liberal (Australia)">Independent Liberal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Right_(Liberal_Party_of_Australia)" title="National Right (Liberal Party of Australia)">National Right</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginger_Group_(Queensland)" title="Ginger Group (Queensland)">Ginger Group</a> (defunct)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyons_Forum" title="Lyons Forum">Lyons Forum</a> (defunct)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF;width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Protectionist_Party" title="Protectionist Party">Protectionist Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Trade_Party" title="Free Trade Party">Free Trade Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(Australia,_1909)" title="Liberal Party (Australia, 1909)">Fusion Liberal 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title="1983 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1985 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1987 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1989 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="1990 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1993 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1994 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="1995 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="2009 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2015_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill_motion" title="February 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill motion">2015 (Feb)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2015_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill" title="September 2015 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill">2015 (Sep)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spills" title="2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_election" title="2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election">2022</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Leaders_of_the_Liberal_Party_of_Australia175" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#1C0DAB;color:#FFFFFF"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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South Carolina">South Carolina</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Future_of_Flight_Aviation_Center_%26_Boeing_Tour" title="Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour">Future of Flight Aviation Center & Boeing Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Store" title="Boeing Store">Boeing Store</a></li> <li>Historic <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Plant_1" title="Boeing Plant 1">Plant 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Plant_2" title="Boeing Plant 2">Plant 2</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_E._Boeing" title="William E. Boeing">William E. Boeing</a> (founder)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Albaugh" title="James Albaugh">James Albaugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_McPherson_Allen" title="William McPherson Allen">William M. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Bell" title="James A. Bell">James A. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Biggs" title="John H. Biggs">John H. Biggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Bradway" title="Robert A. Bradway">Robert A. Bradway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bryson" title="John Bryson">John Bryson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Calhoun" title="Dave Calhoun">Dave Calhoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leanne_Caret" title="Leanne Caret">Leanne Caret</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_D._Collins_Jr." title="Arthur D. Collins Jr.">Arthur D. Collins Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_M._Condit" title="Philip M. Condit">Philip M. Condit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Conner" title="Raymond Conner">Raymond Conner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_M._Daley" title="William M. Daley">William M. Daley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Duberstein" title="Kenneth Duberstein">Kenneth Duberstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Giambastiani" title="Edmund Giambastiani">Edmund Giambastiani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Good" title="Lynn Good">Lynn Good</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Gott" title="Edgar Gott">Edgar Gott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_G._Johnson" title="Philip G. Johnson">Philip G. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Kellner" title="Larry Kellner">Larry Kellner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Kennedy" title="Caroline Kennedy">Caroline Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Liddy" title="Ed Liddy">Ed Liddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_G._McAllister" title="Kevin G. McAllister">Kevin G. McAllister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McDonnell_(businessman)" title="John McDonnell (businessman)">John McDonnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_McNerney" title="James McNerney">James McNerney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Muilenburg" title="Dennis Muilenburg">Dennis Muilenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Mulally" title="Alan Mulally">Alan Mulally</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brendan Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Ortberg" title="Kelly Ortberg">Kelly Ortberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Schwab" title="Susan Schwab">Susan Schwab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_M._Shanahan" title="Patrick M. Shanahan">Patrick M. Shanahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Shrontz" title="Frank Shrontz">Frank Shrontz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Stonecipher" title="Harry Stonecipher">Harry Stonecipher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_T._Stamper" title="Malcolm T. Stamper">Malcolm T. 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