Topic summary
Second Turnbull ministry
- Howard government
- 2008 Liberal leadership spill
- Shadow ministry
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- OzCar affair
- 2009 Liberal leadership spill
- Abbott government
- National Broadband Network
- 2015 Liberal leadership spill
- First ministry
- Second ministry
- International trips
- 2016 election
- Robodebt scheme
- Parliamentary eligibility crisis
- Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
- 2018 Liberal leadership spills
- 2018 Wentworth by-election
The second Turnbull ministry (Liberal–NationalCoalition) was the 70th ministry of the Government of Australia, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. It succeeded the first Turnbull ministry following the 2016 Australian federal election on 2 July 2016.
On 13 January 2017, Sussan Ley resigned from her portfolios after an expenses scandal. In the following rearrangement, the roles of Greg Hunt and Arthur Sinodinos were changed, while Ken Wyatt became the first Indigenous Australian to serve as a federal minister.
On 25 July 2017, Matt Canavan resigned from Cabinet over doubts as to his eligibility to be a member of the parliament, after discovering that he was considered by the Italian authorities to be a citizen of Italy. Dual citizens are generally ineligible to be elected or sit as a member of parliament under section 44 of the Australian Constitution. Barnaby Joyce took on Canavan's portfolio. On 27 October 2017, Joyce and Fiona Nash were disqualified from parliament by the High Court, also due to holding dual citizenship, while Canavan was ruled eligible.
The ministry ended with Malcolm Turnbull's replacement by Scott Morrison following the 2018 Liberal Party leadership spills.