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style="font-size:85%;">(as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Communications_(Australia)#List_of_ministers_for_digital_transformation" title="Minister for Communications (Australia)">assistant minister</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Abolished</i></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_Justice_(Australia)" title="Minister for Justice (Australia)">Minister for Justice</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />18 September 2013 – 20 December 2017<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2017-12-20</span>)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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ministerial post</i></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/Angus_Taylor_(politician)" title="Angus Taylor (politician)">Angus Taylor</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Home_Affairs_(Australia)#List_of_ministers_for_Law_Enforcement_and_Cybersecurity" title="Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)">Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity</a>)</span></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_Stirling" title="Division of Stirling">Stirling</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />9 October 2004 – 11 April 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/Jann_McFarlane" title="Jann McFarlane">Jann McFarlane</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/Vince_Connelly" title="Vince Connelly">Vince Connelly</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">Michael Fayat Keenan</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1972-03-19</span>) </span>19 March 1972<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 52)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>, Western 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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Georgina Bower</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Perth" title="Trinity College, Perth">Trinity College, Perth</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/Murdoch_University" title="Murdoch University">Murdoch University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_University,_Prague" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles University, Prague">Charles University, Prague</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keenan.net.au/">www<wbr />.keenan<wbr />.net<wbr />.au</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael Fayat Keenan</b> (born 19 March 1972) is an Australian former politician who was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_House_of_Representatives" title="Australian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> representing the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Stirling" title="Division of Stirling">Division of Stirling</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia" title="Liberal Party of Australia">Liberal Party</a> from the <a href="/wiki/2004_Australian_federal_election" title="2004 Australian federal election">2004 federal election</a> until his retirement in 2019. He was the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Human_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Human Services">Minister for Human Services</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Communications_(Australia)#List_of_ministers_for_digital_transformation" title="Minister for Communications (Australia)">Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Digital Transformation</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Morrison_government" title="Morrison government">Morrison government</a> from 2017 until his retirement. He previously served as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Justice_(Australia)" title="Minister for Justice (Australia)">Minister for Justice</a> from 2013 to 2017. </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=Michael_Keenan_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Keenan was born in <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>. His father Peter was born in <a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">County Durham</a>, England. During the <a href="/wiki/Australian_parliamentary_eligibility_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis">parliamentary eligibility crisis of 2017</a>, it came to public attention that Keenan had acquired British citizenship by descent at birth, which he renounced before the 2004 election. Some media outlets had incorrectly reported that he had never renounced his citizenship; in response, he wrote "I am an Australian citizen and I do not hold citizenship of any other country. <a href="/wiki/Fairfax_Media" title="Fairfax Media">Fairfax</a> is aware of this, yet in a cheap grab for a headline they have ignored this".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Keenan_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Keenan went to school at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Perth" title="Trinity College, Perth">Trinity College, Perth</a>. He later attended <a href="/wiki/Murdoch_University" title="Murdoch University">Murdoch University</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a>, and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">Cambridge University</a>, where he obtained a master's degree in philosophy. He was a property consultant with a real estate firm before entering politics. He had previously worked as an adviser to Senator <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Vanstone" title="Amanda Vanstone">Amanda Vanstone</a> and was deputy director of the Liberal Party of Western Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-aph_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aph-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Keenan_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Keenan was elected to parliament at the <a href="/wiki/2004_Australian_federal_election" title="2004 Australian federal election">2004 federal election</a>, defeating the incumbent Labor member <a href="/wiki/Jann_McFarlane" title="Jann McFarlane">Jann McFarlane</a>. He was promoted to the <a href="/wiki/Shadow_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow ministry">shadow ministry</a> after the <a href="/wiki/2007_Australian_federal_election" title="2007 Australian federal election">2007 election</a>, serving as Shadow Assistant Treasurer (2007–2008), Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations (2008–2009), and finally Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Border Protection (2009–13).<sup id="cite_ref-aph_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aph-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was identified by the media as a supporter of <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull" title="Malcolm Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill,_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 2009">2009 leadership spill</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_minister">Government minister</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Keenan_(politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Government minister"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2013_Australian_federal_election" title="2013 Australian federal election">2013 federal election</a>, Keenan was appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Justice_(Australia)" title="Minister for Justice (Australia)">Minister for Justice</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Abbott_government" title="Abbott government">Abbott government</a>. He was also made Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Counter-Terrorism in May 2015.<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> In the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_leadership_spill,_September_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, September 2015">2015 leadership spill</a>, Keenan was again identified as one of Turnbull's supporters.<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> He retained both his positions in the new ministry.<sup id="cite_ref-aph_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aph-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/2016_Australian_federal_election" title="2016 Australian federal election">2016 federal election campaign</a>, Keenan was accused of starting a smear campaign against the Muslim <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Anne_Aly" title="Anne Aly">Anne Aly</a>, in reference to her previous counter-terrorism work. Keenan appeared with Liberal MP <a href="/wiki/Luke_Simpkins" title="Luke Simpkins">Luke Simpkins</a>, the incumbent in Cowan whose seat was challenged by Aly, to make accusations against her. However, prior to Aly becoming a Labor candidate, Simpkins had written to her in admiration of her counter-terrorism work.<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><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><p>As justice minister, Keenan oversaw the first national firearms amnesty since the <a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia)" title="Port Arthur massacre (Australia)">1996 Port Arthur massacre</a>. It ran from July to September 2017, allowing people to hand in unregistered or unwanted firearms.<sup id="cite_ref-Keenan_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keenan-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The amnesty had been approved in March 2017 by the Firearms and Weapons Policy Working Group (FWPWG) to reduce the number of unregistered firearms in Australia that were being used in <a href="/wiki/Islamic_terrorism" title="Islamic terrorism">Islamic terrorist</a> attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p><p>In a ministerial reshuffle in December 2017, Keenan was promoted to cabinet as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Human_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister for Human Services">Minister for Human Services</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Communications_(Australia)#List_of_ministers_for_digital_transformation" title="Minister for Communications (Australia)">Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Digital Transformation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Turnbull2nd-4thAR_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turnbull2nd-4thAR-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> On 25 January 2019 he announced that he would not contest the <a href="/wiki/2019_Australian_federal_election" title="2019 Australian federal election">2019 election</a> to spend more time with his family, after 15 years in parliament. He and his wife have four sons born while he was a member of parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Wednesday 13 February 2019, one of Keenan's office staffers was implicated in conspiring with <a href="/wiki/Michaelia_Cash" title="Michaelia Cash">Michaelia Cash</a>'s office staff in making strategic media leaks about AFP raids on the offices of the AWU. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_Keenan_(politician)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 February</span> 2018</span>. <q>Michael Keenan will join Cabinet as Minister for Human Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Digital Transformation - a central role in ensuring all Australians get the services they expect when dealing with the Government, particularly as more and more services shift online.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ministerial+Arrangements&rft.pub=Government+of+Australia&rft.date=2017-12-20&rft.au=Turnbull%2C+Malcolm&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pm.gov.au%2Fmedia%2Fministerial-arrangements-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMichael+Keenan+%28politician%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</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://web.archive.org/web/20171226234430/https://www.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/publications/ministry-list-20-dec-2017.pdf">"Australian Government Ministry List as at 20 December 2017"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australia</i>. 20 December 2017. 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</th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jason_Clare" title="Jason Clare">Jason Clare</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Justice_(Australia)" title="Minister for Justice (Australia)">Minister for Justice</a> </b><br />2013–2017 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Angus_Taylor_(politician)" title="Angus Taylor (politician)">Angus Taylor</a></div><i><b>as <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Home_Affairs_(Australia)#List_of_minister_law_enforcement_and_cybersecurity" title="Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)">Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity</a> </b></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New ministerial post</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Minister Assisting 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(politician)">Bob Baldwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Chester" title="Darren Chester">Darren Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Ciobo" title="Steven Ciobo">Steven Ciobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Colbeck" title="Richard Colbeck">Richard Colbeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concetta_Fierravanti-Wells" title="Concetta Fierravanti-Wells">Concetta Fierravanti-Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Fletcher_(politician)" title="Paul Fletcher (politician)">Paul Fletcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCormack_(Australian_politician)" title="Michael McCormack (Australian politician)">Michael McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_O%27Dwyer" title="Kelly O'Dwyer">Kelly O'Dwyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Porter" title="Christian Porter">Christian Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Ryan_(Australian_politician)" title="Scott Ryan (Australian politician)">Scott Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Tudge" title="Alan Tudge">Alan Tudge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dismissed/resigned</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/David_Johnston_(Australian_politician)" title="David Johnston (Australian politician)">David Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Sinodinos" title="Arthur Sinodinos">Arthur Sinodinos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Mason" title="Brett Mason">Brett Mason</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="(Abbott_←)_First_Turnbull_ministry_(→_Turnbull_2)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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title="Michaelia Cash">Michaelia Cash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Chester" title="Darren Chester">Darren Chester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Ciobo" title="Steven Ciobo">Steven Ciobo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathias_Cormann" title="Mathias Cormann">Mathias Cormann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Dutton" title="Peter Dutton">Peter Dutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Fifield" title="Mitch Fifield">Mitch Fifield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Frydenberg" title="Josh Frydenberg">Josh Frydenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Hunt" title="Greg Hunt">Greg Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barnaby_Joyce" title="Barnaby Joyce">Barnaby Joyce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sussan_Ley" title="Sussan Ley">Sussan Ley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiona_Nash" title="Fiona Nash">Fiona Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_O%27Dwyer" title="Kelly O'Dwyer">Kelly O'Dwyer</a></li> <li><a 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title="Paul Fletcher (politician)">Paul Fletcher</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Michael Keenan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Ryan_(Australian_politician)" title="Scott Ryan (Australian politician)">Scott Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Tehan" title="Dan Tehan">Dan Tehan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Tudge" title="Alan Tudge">Alan Tudge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_secretary" title="Parliamentary secretary">Assistant Ministers</a></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/Karen_Andrews" title="Karen Andrews">Karen Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Hawke" title="Alex Hawke">Alex Hawke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hendy_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Hendy (politician)">Peter Hendy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Laundy" title="Craig Laundy">Craig Laundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McCormack_(Australian_politician)" title="Michael McCormack (Australian politician)">Michael McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_McGrath_(Australian_politician)" title="James McGrath (Australian politician)">James McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Pitt" title="Keith Pitt">Keith Pitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Prentice" title="Jane Prentice">Jane Prentice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Ruston" title="Anne Ruston">Anne Ruston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_Taylor_(politician)" title="Angus Taylor (politician)">Angus Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Wyatt" title="Ken Wyatt">Ken Wyatt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dismissed/resigned/lost seat</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/Jamie_Briggs" title="Jamie Briggs">Jamie Briggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mal_Brough" title="Mal Brough">Mal Brough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Hartsuyker" title="Luke Hartsuyker">Luke Hartsuyker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Robb" title="Andrew Robb">Andrew Robb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Robert" title="Stuart Robert">Stuart Robert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyatt_Roy" title="Wyatt Roy">Wyatt Roy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Truss" title="Warren Truss">Warren Truss</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="(Turnbull_1←)_Second_Turnbull_ministry_(→_Morrison_1)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" 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Canavan">Matt Canavan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josh_Frydenberg" title="Josh Frydenberg">Josh Frydenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Littleproud" title="David Littleproud">David Littleproud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridget_McKenzie" title="Bridget McKenzie">Bridget McKenzie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McVeigh_(politician)" title="John McVeigh (politician)">John McVeigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_O%27Dwyer" title="Kelly O'Dwyer">Kelly O'Dwyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marise_Payne" title="Marise Payne">Marise Payne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Porter" title="Christian Porter">Christian Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Pyne" title="Christopher Pyne">Christopher Pyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigel_Scullion" title="Nigel Scullion">Nigel Scullion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Tehan" title="Dan Tehan">Dan Tehan</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malcolm_Turnbull_ITU_2014_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull MP, 29th Prime Minister of Australia, 2015-2018"><img alt="Turnbull" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Malcolm_Turnbull_ITU_2014_cropped.jpg/75px-Malcolm_Turnbull_ITU_2014_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Malcolm_Turnbull_ITU_2014_cropped.jpg/113px-Malcolm_Turnbull_ITU_2014_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Malcolm_Turnbull_ITU_2014_cropped.jpg/150px-Malcolm_Turnbull_ITU_2014_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="407" data-file-height="577" /></a><figcaption>The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull MP, 29th Prime Minister of Australia, 2015-2018</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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