Portrait of Malcolm Turnbull
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Malcolm Turnbull

Prime Minister of Australia, 2015 to 2018

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A lawyer and former banker who backed marriage equality and led a Liberal government split over energy and climate policy.

Malcolm Turnbull sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly institutional on institutions, strongly tech-optimist on technology and leaning free market on economy.

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Where Malcolm Turnbull sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Malcolm Turnbull

Gerhard Schröder Chancellor of Germany, 1998 to 200599%Maia Sandu President of Moldova, 2020 to present99%Fareed Zakaria Indian-American journalist99%Christine Lagarde President of the European Central Bank, 2019 to present99%Matteo Renzi Prime Minister of Italy, 2014 to 201699%Francis Fukuyama American political scientist99%Bob Hawke Prime Minister of Australia, 1983 to 199199%Mario Draghi Prime Minister of Italy, 2021 to 202299%

People furthest from Malcolm Turnbull

Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 191014%Ruhollah Khomeini Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979 to 198915%Dorothy Day American journalist and Catholic Worker founder, 1897 to 198015%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194316%

Political views closest to Malcolm Turnbull

Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.99%NeoliberalismPromotes markets, privatization, deregulation and free trade as the route to prosperity.98%Liberal internationalismBacks a rules-based world order of alliances, trade and institutions to keep the peace.98%Eco-modernismArgues that technology such as nuclear power, intensive farming and urbanization can…97%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 3.0 au, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.