Brendan Nelson

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Brendan Nelson

Australian official

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In September 2008 Liberal leader Brendan Nelson called for a vote of confidence, and Turnbull defeated him by four votes to become Liberal Party leader. However, Turnbull’s support of government legislation that would reduce carbon pollution divided the party, and in December 2009 he narrowly lost a leadership vote to…
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