Mal Brough

Mal Brough
Minister for Defence Material and Science
In office
21 September 2015 – 29 December 2015
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byStuart Robert
Succeeded byMarise Payne
Special Minister of State
In office
21 September 2015 – 29 December 2015
Prime MinisterMalcolm Turnbull
Preceded byMichael Ronaldson
Succeeded byMathias Cormann
Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
In office
27 January 2006 – 3 December 2007
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byKay Patterson
Succeeded byJenny Macklin
Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer
In office
18 July 2004 – 27 January 2006
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byHelen Coonan
Succeeded byPeter Dutton
Minister for Employment Services
In office
14 February 2001 – 18 July 2004
Prime MinisterJohn Howard
Preceded byTony Abbott
Succeeded byFran Bailey
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Fisher
In office
7 September 2013 – 9 May 2016
Preceded byPeter Slipper
Succeeded byAndrew Wallace
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Longman
In office
2 March 1996 – 24 November 2007
Preceded byConstituency Created
Succeeded byJon Sullivan
Personal details
Born
Malcolm Thomas Brough

(1961-12-29) 29 December 1961 (age 62)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
Other political
affiliations
Liberal National Party of Queensland
SpouseSue Brough
RelationsRob Brough (brother)
Alma materMonash University
Military service
Branch/serviceAustralian Army
Years of service1979–1987
RankCaptain

Malcolm Thomas Brough (/ˈbrʌf/ BRUF; born 29 December 1961) is an Australian former politician. He represented the Liberal Party in the House of Representatives (1996–2007, 2013–2016) and held ministerial office in the Howard and Turnbull governments.

Brough was born in Brisbane and was an Australian Army officer and businessman before entering politics. He was first elected to parliament at the 1996 federal election, representing the Queensland seat of Longman. He was made a parliamentary secretary in 2000 and subsequently served as Minister for Employment Services (2001–2004) and Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer (2004–2006). Brough was promoted to cabinet in 2006 as Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and subsequently oversaw the controversial Northern Territory Emergency Response. He lost his seat at the 2007 election, at which the government was defeated.

As state president of the Liberals, Brough opposed the merger which led to the creation of the Liberal National Party of Queensland in 2008. He returned to federal parliament in 2013, standing in the seat of Fisher. In September 2015 Brough was reappointed to the ministry by Malcolm Turnbull, who replaced Tony Abbott as Liberal leader and prime minister. However, his second stint as a minister lasted only until December 2015, as he resigned from the ministry following revelations that the Australian Federal Police had investigated him over his dealings with James Ashby.[1] In February 2016 he announced that he would not seek preselection for the seat of Fisher at the 2016 federal election.[2]

  1. ^ Massola, James (13 February 2016). "Cabinet reshuffle: Malcolm Turnbull announces new frontbench as Mal Brough resigns". The Age. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Mal Brough quits federal parliament". Sky News.