Malcolm Turnbull
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659 appearances
4 recordings
3 series
first heard Mar 2025
last heard 28 Jun
Malcolm Turnbull’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I'll tell you a story about road scholars, if you like.
My father, I told you he was a hotel broker.
And when I won a road scholarship, I called him and he was out inspecting a pub he was going to sell out at North St Mary's, which is way out in northwestern Sydney.
You know, in those days, that was a pretty rough pub, that particular pub, the North St Mary's Hotel.
And I rang him and told him this.
And, you know, he was very pleased.
And then 10 minutes later, he calls me back and he...
He said, I'm coming into town.
I've got to celebrate with you.
He said, I've told the public in here that you've won the Rhodes Scholarship.
And he replied by saying, that's fantastic because he's got a cousin who works at the Department of Main Roads.
And he must have been confused.
So it was a good reality check for those things.
Well, look, I really enjoyed it.
I mean, I had a job for about half the time I was at Oxford.
I had a job working for the Sunday Times because I'd got to know Harry Evans before I went to Oxford, actually.
He'd heard me speak in a debate somewhere and offered me a job.
I was a journalist in those days and, you know, he was like God.
Absolutely, he was God.
And he was a great friend and mentor and...
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