107-714: The Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) is a research fund established in Australia by the Abbott government . It is managed by the Future Fund , with interest generated going to medical research. In 2020-2021, the MRFF reached its capitalisation target of $ AU 20 billion, with annual investment returns of around $ 650 million used to fund medical research. In the Australian federal budget, 2014 Treasurer Joe Hockey announced
214-677: A Rhodes Scholar , and former trainee Catholic priest, journalist and political advisor, had entered Parliament in 1994 as the Member for Warringah and served as a senior minister in the Howard government , which lost office at the 2007 election to the Australian Labor Party, led by Kevin Rudd . Abbott served as Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs under Liberal leaders Brendan Nelson and Malcolm Turnbull and then became Leader of
321-639: A Young Liberals state convention. On 18 December 1994, Hockey married Babbage, an investment banker, later head of foreign exchange and global finance at Deutsche Bank . As of 2014, the couple had three children and lived in Hunters Hill, New South Wales . Upon the birth of his youngest child, Hockey became the first federal Minister to take paternity leave . He has walked the Kokoda Track and has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for medical equipment. Hockey and his wife became owners of
428-524: A "religious revolution". After losing office, Abbott said on Paul Murray Live on 8 December 2015: "We've got to work closely with live-and-let-live Muslims because there needs to be, as President (Abdel Fattah) Al-Sisi of Egypt has said, a religious revolution inside Islam... All of those things that Islam has never had – a Reformation, an Enlightenment, a well-developed concept of the separation of church and state – that needs to happen, but we can't do it; Muslims have got to do this for themselves." In 2015,
535-550: A 200 hectare cattle farm in Malanda, near Cairns , Queensland . In 2012, he lost more than 20 kg following gastric sleeve surgery. In 2014, Hockey launched defamation proceedings against Fairfax Media over an article published in its newspapers, The Sydney Morning Herald , The Age and The Canberra Times , titled Treasurer for sale , which he said falsely implied that he accepted bribes paid to influence his decisions and that he corruptly sold privileged access to
642-429: A Liberal in " John Howard " areas like Lane Cove which had recently been redistributed from Howard's seat of Bennelong . He branded himself as an independent in areas like North Sydney and McMahons Point . Hockey made use of his parents’ reputation within the local community and his business connections to successfully connect with supporters and volunteers - giving out umbrellas and other souvenirs. A key issue in
749-476: A blue-ribbon Liberal seat, Hockey was the first person in over 60 years to be promoted to cabinet while holding the seat. In 2004 as Human Services Minister, Hockey proposed an " Access Card " and spent $ 3 million advertising the card before submitting the legislation to parliament. Hockey regularly appeared on the Seven Network's morning program Sunrise in the "Big Guns of Politics" section debating
856-496: A budget emergency" to cut welfare. In April 2014, Hockey faced criticism for saying "the poorest people either don't have cars, or actually don't drive very far" when seeking an increase in the fuel excise tax . In May 2014, Fairfax media published a story stating that political donors to the North Sydney Forum were able to have "VIP" meetings with Hockey, under the title "Treasurer for Sale". Hockey delivered
963-625: A legal agreement for the deployment of around 1,300 US Marines to the Northern Territory, first proposed under the Gillard government. Abbott also moved to strengthen economic and defence ties with Japan, signing the Japan–Australia Economic Partnership Agreement and inviting Shinzō Abe to address Parliament and announcing a transfer of defence technology and equipment would be included in it. In 2014,
1070-717: A military exercise". Following the Arab Spring uprisings, and withdrawal of the bulk of US troops from Iraq, the threat of Islamic State /ISIL/ISIS emerged, amid the deteriorating Syrian Civil War . The extremist Sunni Islamist group was battling government forces in Syria and Iraq, with the objective of establishing of an Islamic caliphate across the region. Domestic terrorist attacks by ISIS supporters occurred in Australia in 2014, with knife and gun attacks in Melbourne and Sydney against police and civilians. In October 2014,
1177-520: A parliamentary friendship group aimed at a referendum on an Australian republic before 2020. This led to criticism of Hockey by members of the Coalition, who regarded the renewed push for a republic to be a distraction from the government's priorities. Later in August, a leak stated that two cabinet ministers were urging Abbott to reassign Hockey as treasurer. After Malcolm Turnbull ousted Abbott at
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#17327903725621284-481: A phone conversation regarding the agreement for the US to take detained refugees from Manus Island that Turnbull had struck with Barack Obama . Trump described the deal as "dumb" on Twitter. Hockey met with Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus for discussions. Hockey's term as ambassador was extended for a year but ended on 30 January 2020, and was replaced as ambassador by former Liberal Party Senator Arthur Sinodinos
1391-542: A poorly received first Budget and amid media criticism. Abbott became the shortest-serving Australian Prime Minister since William McMahon , when his government was succeeded by the Turnbull government . Turnbull cited Newspoll results and "economic leadership" as reasons for mounting his challenge against Abbott. The Liberal–National coalition, led by Abbott, won the 2013 Australian federal election , returning their Coalition to power after six years in opposition. Abbott,
1498-563: A reasonable target within a period of time then "more punitive measures" needed to be taken by parliament. He later said that "quotas must be a last resort". Hockey gave a speech to the Grattan Institute on 11 March 2010 called "In Defence of Liberty". The speech defended anti-terrorism laws and rejected a hypothetical bill of rights , while criticising increased police powers. A series of "In Defence..." speeches by Hockey followed over 2010 and 2011: "In Defence of Enterprise" to
1605-502: A referendum to give recognition to Indigenous Australians in the Australian Constitution , and to prioritise indigenous affairs by placing it within the department of prime minister and cabinet, saying: "There will be, in effect, a prime minister for Aboriginal affairs". In his 2013 election campaign, Abbott told the media that the Coalition wanted to "build a stronger economy so that everyone can get ahead. We'll scrap
1712-532: A select group of Liberal Party donors. A trial was held to determine whether the allegations were defensible in March 2015 in the NSW Supreme Court before Justice Richard White, where Hockey argued that false allegations of the nature contained in the article, and the conduct of Fairfax during the proceedings, evidenced a malicious intent to smear his otherwise good reputation and consequently would justify
1819-761: A speech at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London. He warned Australians that the time to become self-sufficient was at hand and that the government could not afford to give "universal payments" to Australians. The speech was controversial in Australia, sparking discussion on the ABC Lateline program and an article in The Australian . The speech was said to change the public's perception of Hockey from "avuncular" to "hard-head". and foreshadowing Hockey's first budget. On 26 April 2012, Hockey gave
1926-464: A speech, "The Future of Australian Diversity", at the Islamic Council of Victoria. "To judge Islam based on the actions of extremists and terrorists would be no different than judging Christianity on the actions of those who have over the centuries committed atrocities in the name of Christianity." The Coalition won government at the 2013 election , and Hockey was named Treasurer. In 2014,
2033-634: Is an Australian former politician and diplomat. He was the Member of Parliament for North Sydney from 1996 until 2015. He was the Treasurer of Australia in the Abbott government from 18 September 2013 until September 2015 when he resigned from Cabinet, having refused an alternative offer from the incoming prime minister , Malcolm Turnbull . He previously served as the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations in
2140-785: Is concerned, it's coming after us." In July, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull told the Sydney Institute that ISIL is not "Hitler's Germany, Tojo's Japan or Stalin's Russia" and that government should not amplify its significance. At the opening of a regional summit against terrorism in Sydney in June 2015, Abbott praised the leadership against Islamist terrorism shown by Muslim statesmen such as Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib – who had described ISIS as "against God, against Islam and against our common humanity" – and of Egypt's president el-Sissi – who told Egyptian imams that Islam needed
2247-532: Is reached in 2020. The Fund is managed by the Future Fund , with interest generated going to medical research, beginning with $ 10 million in 2015, growing to $ 390m over the following three years. Announcing the Fund proposal to Parliament on 13 May 2014, Joe Hockey said: I can think of no more significant benefit from community contributions in health than to invest in cure and discovery research by our people for our people. From next year, funds will start flowing from
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#17327903725622354-402: Is why it is disturbing to hear people rail against Muslims and Jews, or Pentecostals and Catholics. Australia must continue, without fear, to embrace diversity of faith provided that those gods are loving, compassionate and just." A Newspoll released on 30 November 2009 placed Hockey at 33%, Turnbull at 30% and Tony Abbott at 19%, when voters were asked who would be the "best person to lead"
2461-561: The 2014 budget on 13 May 2014. The austere budget faced widespread criticism and was overwhelmingly rejected by the Australian public as reflected in all opinion polls after its release. Michael Pascoe, writing for the Sydney Morning Herald, regards Hockey as being saddled with policies that were fiscally irresponsible, but designed to win support, giving as an example the scrapping of the price on carbon . Hockey
2568-640: The 2015 Liberal leadership spill , there was growing speculation that Turnbull would not retain Hockey as Treasurer in his new government, even though as mentioned above they are both members of the Liberal Party's moderate wing. Although Turnbull offered Hockey a different role in his government, Hockey declined and on 20 September 2015 announced his intention to leave Parliament. Hockey gave his final speech to parliament on 21 October 2015. Hockey resigned from parliament on 23 October 2015 which triggered
2675-529: The 2015 North Sydney by-election which was won by Trent Zimmerman . It was announced on 8 December 2015 that Hockey would become the next Ambassador of Australia to the United States when Kim Beazley 's term ended in early 2016. In his new role as Ambassador, Hockey wrote a response to a New York Times editorial about cuts to climate change research at CSIRO . In the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency , Malcolm Turnbull and Trump had
2782-752: The Australian Constitution , flagging a referendum for 2017, and promised a plebiscite on the issue of same-sex marriage . Investments in air and road infrastructure were prioritised. Many of Abbott's proposed policies were opposed by the Australian Senate which was, during the Abbott government, controlled by opposition parties. The 2013 election saw the emergence of the right-wing Palmer United Party , which lead to fears that conservative voters would defect from supporting Abbott's Liberal coalition, but Palmer United fractured soon after. The Liberal Party faced Cabinet leaks and early leadership instability, after
2889-786: The Australian Sports Party , and to the Greens' Senator Scott Ludlam . In February 2014, the High Court ordered a new Senate election for Western Australia. Governor-General Quentin Bryce officially commissioned the Abbott ministry on 18 September 2013. Fifteen of Abbott's ministers had served in the Howard government. The Leader of the National Party, Warren Truss, became Deputy Prime Minister, Joe Hockey assumed
2996-648: The Australian Taxation Office and instructed them to investigate NRMA Insurance thoroughly. As part of his work as Tourism Minister, Hockey produced a White Paper analysing the tourism industry . With the return of the Howard government in 2004, he was appointed Minister for Human Services and was elevated to the Cabinet in January 2007, when appointed Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations . Although North Sydney has long been
3103-562: The Boao Forum , Abbott said "Team Australia" is in China to "help build the Asian century". He was accompanied by Foreign Minister Bishop, Trade Minister Robb, five of Australia's state premiers, and 30 of the country's senior business executives. Abbott also discussed the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 , being led by Australia. Abbott announced military co-operation between
3210-510: The Coalition to victory at the 2011 state election, which would have made Hockey the Premier of New South Wales. Hockey, however, denied any interest to move into state politics. The push to get Hockey into state politics came to an end when he was promoted to shadow treasurer as that placed him within striking distance of becoming federal leader. Hockey's popularity among voters grew under
3317-570: The Howard government . He also served as Ambassador of Australia to the United States from January 2016 until January 2020. Hockey's parliamentary resignation triggered a 2015 North Sydney by-election where he was succeeded by Trent Zimmerman , who had previously worked for Hockey as a staffer. His appointment as Ambassador of Australia to the United States was announced on 8 December 2015 to replace Kim Beazley , whose term ended in early 2016, and he assumed that position on 29 January 2016. His term as ambassador ended on 30 January 2020, and he
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3424-757: The Liberal Party . Upon graduating, Hockey worked as a banking and finance lawyer at Corrs Chambers Westgarth and subsequently as the Director of Policy to the Premier of New South Wales , before entering politics. Hockey worked as a policy advisor to Premier John Fahey before the 1995 New South Wales state election . Hockey became the president of the NSW Young Liberals and had a position in Nick Greiner 's state government, reforming
3531-778: The Minister for Industry and Science . Julie Bishop became the first woman to represent Australia as Minister for Foreign Affairs. In Opposition, Abbott and Bishop pledged that a Coalition government would shift Australia's foreign policy focus to be "less Geneva, more Jakarta". Abbott chose the Indonesian capital as his first overseas destination, and travelled to Jakarta on 30 September 2013, to meet with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on 30 September 2013. In October, Abbott returned to Indonesia to attend his first APEC leaders' summit , to discuss trade and economic relations and meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping , US Secretary of State John Kerry and other world leaders. Following
3638-551: The United Nations Security Council to adopt a unanimous resolution, demanding that the armed groups in control of the crash site refrain from interfering with it and allow for the repatriation of victims and an international investigation into the attack. Bishop was honoured by The Netherlands for her role in securing the resolution and investigation. The downing of the flight had resulted in 298 deaths, including 38 Australian citizens and residents. In
3745-580: The University of Sydney , residing at St John's College , graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws . While at university he was President of the University of Sydney Students' Representative Council , and assisted in inviting Pope John Paul II to visit the University of Sydney during the 1986 Australian papal visit. In 1987, Hockey protested at Bob Hawke 's introduction of university fees . Hockey's term as SRC president, besides
3852-592: The "end of the age of entitlement" was used to justify the government refusing financial assistance to Holden in South Australia and SPC Ardmona in Victoria and explaining why they could not participate in Barnaby Joyce 's proposal for a bail out of farmers. Hockey's approach has been described by sociology lecturer Verity Archer as being like former US President Richard Nixon 's, "using claims of
3959-614: The 12-member council was headed by Warren Mundine . In Opposition, Abbott promised to spend a week a year in remote indigenous communities. In September 2014, Abbott and a number of Cabinet Ministers and Departmental Heads set up camp in an Aboriginal Community in Arnhem Land , near Nhulunbuy , 600 kilometres (370 mi) east of Darwin . The Prime Minister discussed land tenure, welfare and constitutional recognition . On his August 2015 week in remote indigenous communities, Abbott again discussed constitutional recognition and became
4066-597: The 1996 election was the issue of aircraft noise: Laurie Brereton , the ALP transport minister, had closed east–west runways and opened north–south runways at Sydney Airport , diverting aircraft noise from Labor seats to Liberal seats. Soon after his election in 1996, He was appointed the chair of the Sydney Airport Community Forum. During this time, Hockey formed a friendship with Anthony Albanese , and Albanese took Hockey to his electorate to see
4173-487: The Australian Constitution, and noted that the 44th parliament would have two Indigenous members. Liberal MP Ken Wyatt chaired an all-party Parliamentary Committee examining the issue, and released a report in June 2015 ahead of a bi-partisan summit. In NAIDOC Week 2015, Abbott and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten jointly hosted a summit with around 40 indigenous leaders at Kirribilli House to discuss
4280-498: The Australian taxpayer, you wonder why I wouldn't trust them to build a canoe?" the Minister told Parliament. Labor campaigned at the by-election on the issue, and linked Abbott to the state vote. Labor won the traditionally Liberal seat by just five votes from a 7.27 percent two-party swing to go from minority to majority government . On 8 March 2014 Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared and presumably crashed somewhere in
4387-722: The British and the French to join him in lobbying the Obama Administration to escalate its campaign against the Islamic State, and to deploy Australian Special Forces to find and kill ISIS leaders. In September 2015, the Abbott government expanded Australia's military mission, by joining US-led airstrikes against IS targets in Syria, and announced that 12,000 additional refugees from the region would be accepted. Shortly after losing office, Abbott gave this appraisal of
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4494-619: The China and Australia would be developed to include high-level meetings, staff exchanges and joint exercises. He also announced that President Xi would address the Australian Parliament in 2015. The China–Australia Free Trade Agreement (ChAFTA) was signed in Canberra on 17 June 2015, by Andrew Robb, and the Chinese Commerce Minister, Gao Hucheng . Abbott hailed the agreement, saying that, along with
4601-836: The EIDOS Institute on 14 April 2010; "In Defence of Opportunity" to the Sydney Institute on 9 March 2011; and "In Defence of Youth" to the University of New England on 27 July 2011. This series of speeches were seen as Hockey's bid for the Liberal leadership. Biographer Madonna King points out "Australia's Future Engagement in the Asian Century" (25 October 2011) and "The Future of Free Markets, Global Trade and Commerce" (7 December 2011) as other key speeches from this three-year period of Joe Hockey trying to show what he stood for. On 17 April 2012, Hockey gave
4708-510: The Federal cabinet approved the decision to launch air strikes in Iraq in response to concerns over ISIL militant groups. Abbott announced that the Australian mission was to "disrupt and degrade" Islamic State "at home and abroad". According to Defence analyst and Abbott confidant Catherine McGregor , Abbott was frustrated at the lack of a serious effort to destroy ISIS and wanted to approach
4815-635: The GST was losing him votes. He was awarded the Minister for Financial Services and Regulation portfolio from 1998 to 2001 and Minister for Small Business and Tourism (2001–04). In January 2000, Hockey had done an interview with the John Laws program about the GST , confirming the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC)'s position of businesses being able to round up or down
4922-570: The Gap " report to Parliament, Abbott said that Australia was failing to meet the "more important and the more meaningful targets" of reducing Indigenous disadvantage, and proposed to add a new target to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous school attendance within five years. Speaking at the Welcome to Country ceremony to mark the opening of the 44th Parliament in 2013, Abbott committed to pursuing recognition of Indigenous Australians in
5029-596: The Germany-Australia Advisory Group, to advise on improving trade relations, and pursued trade agreements with Indonesia and India. On the Japanese leg of the 2014 trade mission, Abbott agreed the key elements of a free trade agreement with the government of Shinzo Abe . A number of concessions were secured for Australian agricultural exporters, while Australian tariffs on electronics, whitegoods and cars were to be lowered. Negotiations for
5136-618: The High Court for the West Australian Senate election to be declared void, on account of 1,375 ballot papers lost during a recount after the election. The initial count had declared the Liberals and Labor winners of four of six seats, with remaining two going to Zhenya Wang of the Palmer United Party, and Labor's Senator Louise Pratt. The faulty recount narrowly gave the final two seats to Wayne Dropulich of
5243-438: The Indian Ocean, within Australia's search and rescue zone. Consequently, the Chinese and Australian militaries co-operated in the search for the missing plane, and in April 2014 the People's Liberation Army asked to operate under Australian command in the largest international exercises in which it had ever participated. The Fairfax press reported: "It is believed to be the first time the PLA would operate under Western command in
5350-417: The Korean and Japan agreements, it would underpin Australia's prosperity in coming years. Labor campaigned against the agreement during the Canning by-election, but subsequently agreed to support the Turnbull government in ratifying the FTA. The Abbott government period saw the continued wind down of Australia's involvement in the Afghanistan conflict and moves to enhance co-operation with China, Japan and
5457-402: The Liberal Party. Speculation flourished that Hockey would challenge Turnbull for the leadership of the Liberal Party, and Hockey consulted senior party dignitaries such as Howard and Costello about whether he should run. Hockey faced a dilemma. He had been a consistent supporter of the ETS. Running against Turnbull, a fellow moderate in the Liberal Party, would mean taking the leadership with
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#17327903725625564-424: The Liberal-National Abbott government 's commitment to build a $ 20 billion Medical Research Future Fund, in addition to existing funding through the National Health and Medical Research Council. Hockey predicted that the fund would, "within six years, be the biggest medical research endowment fund in the world" and announced that "all the savings from the introduction of a $ 7 Medicare co-contribution, modest changes to
5671-449: The Medical Research Future Fund into new medical research. As a result, it may be an Australian who discovers better treatments and even cures for dementia, Alzheimer's, heart disease or cancer. If we start investing now, this new and historic commitment in medical research may well save your life, or that of your parents, or your child. Abbott government Prime Minister of Australia [REDACTED] The Abbott government
5778-497: The Middle-East, amid the worsening Syrian conflict . In 2015, The Abbott government agreed to resettle an additional 12,000 refugees from the region. Abbott and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop challenged Russia at the United Nations over the shooting down of Malaysian Flight MH17 in Ukraine . The government launched the New Colombo Plan to encourage educational exchange with the Indo-Pacific region. Domestically, Abbott campaigned for recognition of Indigenous Australians in
5885-401: The Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd , drawing 20,000–30,000 additional viewers who would tune in specifically for that segment, until the arrangement was mutually terminated on 16 April 2007 following controversy over plans to stage a pre-dawn Anzac Day service in Vietnam. Hockey credits this show for introducing him to an audience who had no interest in politics. In December 2007, Hockey
5992-427: The Opposition following a 2009 leadership spill in which he defeated the incumbent leader, Turnbull, by one vote. Rudd did not complete his first term in office, having been replaced by Julia Gillard following an internal Labor party leadership vote in June 2010 . Abbott led the Coalition to the 2010 federal election , which saw the Gillard government narrowly retain office by forming a minority government with
6099-403: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and other responsible changes in this Health Budget" would be directed to the fund until it reaches $ 20 billion. The Senate blocked passage of the medical co-payment, but approved the establishment of the Medical Research Future Fund in August 2015, with funding to be found through reduced health spending and the Health and Hospitals Fund, until a balance of $ 20bn
6206-511: The Presidential vote of the 2020 United States elections . Hockey's basis for the claim was a 93% Democratic vote in Washington, D.C. , where he had been living for several years. However, the Democratic vote in Washington, D.C., regularly reaches the level cited by Hockey. Hockey wrote an opinion piece in The Sydney Morning Herald supporting Joe Biden for President of the United States. In October 2022 Hockey released his autobiography: Hockey met Melissa Babbage, his future wife, in 1991 at
6313-440: The Rudd-Gillard era Resource Super Profits Tax and carbon pricing . It established the National Commission of Audit to advise on restoring the Budget to surplus; instituted the Royal Commission into trade union governance and corruption ; founded the Medical Research Future Fund ; and produced White Papers on Developing Northern Australia and the Agricultural Competitiveness . Treasurer Joe Hockey delivered two Budgets,
6420-424: The Shadow Industry Minister Sophie Mirabella lost her seat at the election. Bronwyn Bishop resigned as Speaker in 2015. Julie Bishop remained the only woman in Cabinet until Sussan Ley was appointed to Cabinet to replace Peter Dutton as Health and Sport Minister in 2014 when Dutton was made Immigration Minister in Abbott's Cabinet revision. Five other women were appointed to posts in the outer ministry, and one of
6527-415: The South Korean leg of the mission, Abbott signed the Australia Korea Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) with the government of Park Geun-hye in Seoul. The agreement reduced tariffs on primary products and reset the foreign investment review threshold to more than $ 1 billion. The Abbott trade mission continued on to China, where he met with Premier Li Keqiang and President Xi Jinping . In an address to
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#17327903725626634-428: The United States in regional defence operations, but also saw the deterioration of the Syrian Civil War and rise of the threat of Islamic State, along with an ongoing Islamist terrorism threat to Australia and its allies. Abbott committed to increasing Defence spending to two per cent of GDP within a decade. David Johnston served as Minister for Defence until December 2014, when he was replaced by Kevin Andrews . At
6741-422: The agreement began under the Howard government in 2007. Abbott said, "This is the first time that Japan has negotiated a comprehensive economic partnership agreement or free trade agreement with a major economy, particularly a major economy with a strong agricultural sector." Abe travelled to Australia in July to sign the Japan–Australia Economic Partnership Agreement , and address the Australian Parliament. On
6848-401: The battle against Islamic State: The rise of Daesh has turned it into a fight between bad and worse: the Assad regime whose brutality is the Islamic State death cult's chief local recruiter; and a caliphate seeking to export its apocalyptic version of Islam right around the world. Given the sheer scale of the horror unfolding in Syria, Iraq and everywhere Daesh gains a foothold – the beheadings,
6955-425: The cabinet debated giving the immigration minister new powers to strip dual nationals of their citizenship if they are supporters of terrorist organisations. Abbott, a former Indigenous Affairs Minister, reformed the portfolio and brought it within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet , saying: "There will be, in effect, a prime minister for Aboriginal affairs". Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion
7062-409: The carbon tax, end the waste, stop the boats and build the infrastructure and the roads of the 21st century." The Liberal Party under Abbott, together with the National Party, led by Warren Truss, achieved a 3.65-point two-party-preferred swing at the 2013 election, winning 90 of the Australian House of Representatives seats compared with the Labor Party's 55. The Greens retained their one seat in
7169-447: The chamber, with Bob Katter of Katter's Australian Party also returned. Two independents won seats in the House, and the seat of Fairfax fell from the Nationals to Clive Palmer , leader of the newly formed Palmer United Party . The emergence of the fledgling Palmer United Party was a notable feature of the election. The new party secured a House of Representatives seat and three senators (although two senators subsequently split from
7276-482: The crucifixions, the mass executions, the hurling off high buildings, the sexual slavery – and its perverse allure across the globe, it's striking how little has been done to address this problem at its source. The United States and its allies, including Britain and Australia, have launched airstrikes against this would-be terrorist empire. We've helped to contain its advance in Iraq but we haven't defeated it because it can't be defeated without more effective local forces on
7383-479: The election of the Abbott government, US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden had been granted asylum by Russia after handing over large amounts of confidential information from US government databases to world media. Australian–Indonesian diplomatic relations began to suffer in the early months of the government, as The Guardian and ABC News began to publish material, which had been made public due to Snowden's leaking, suggesting that Australian spy agencies during
7490-491: The end of October 2013, Abbott travelled to Afghanistan with opposition leader Bill Shorten for a special ceremony at the Australian base in Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan, saying that "Australia's longest war is ending. Not with victory, not with defeat, but with, we hope, an Afghanistan that is better for our presence here." Afghan forces were scheduled to take over running of the camp in mid-December. Abbott met with US President Barack Obama in June 2014, in Washington, and approved
7597-399: The financial and business structure of the state. Hockey was preselected as a Liberal Party of Australia candidate for the 1996 election in the Division of North Sydney when aged just 29. He faced little preselection competition, since the seat's incumbent independent , Ted Mack , was thought to be unbeatable. However, Mack did not renominate; had his intentions been known earlier, it
7704-474: The first Prime Minister to visit the grave of land rights champion Eddie Mabo . The government also reduced funding to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services ( ATSILS ) and associated policy officer positions in state governments, but not by as much as it had committed to during the election campaign. Joe Hockey Joseph Benedict Hockey (born 2 August 1965)
7811-604: The first focused on expenditure reduction measures, but faced a hostile reception in the Senate and media. Partial deregulation of universities, and a $ 7 contribution to doctor visits were proposed, but blocked by the Senate. The second Budget emphasised stimulus for the small business sector. Abbott campaigned in opposition and in office to halt the people smuggling trade, and unauthorised maritime arrivals ceased during his term of office under Operation Sovereign Borders . In foreign policy, Australia continued its military engagement in
7918-607: The government announced the investment of $ 12 billion in F-35 joint strike fighters. Fairfax Political Editor Mark Kenny attributed the anti-Liberal swing in the 2014 Fisher state by-election in South Australia to Federal factors associated with the Defence Portfolio, writing: "People on both sides of the aisle in Adelaide say the dominant factor was the Abbott government's perceived intention to buy submarines 'off
8025-500: The ground. The government was concerned as early as August 2014 that the Indonesian militant Islamist terror group Jemaah Islamiah has aligned itself to ISIL (ISIS), and formed a potential threat. On 23 September, the government raised Australia's terror alert level from medium to high. In September 2014, an Islamic State supporter was shot dead after stabbing two policemen in Melbourne, and in December, an Islamic State supporter
8132-458: The handling of asylum seeker policy. He offered support to the Gillard government's National Disability Insurance Scheme , and matched the government on its first four years funding for the Gonski restructuring of education funding. He took a proposal for an expanded paid parental leave scheme, part funded by a levy on big business, to the 2010 and 2013 elections. If elected, he promised to instigate
8239-476: The inequalities of the airport routing. Following this, Hockey worked to address inconsistencies in the airport noise amelioration program. Hockey and fellow "small-l liberals" Chris Gallus and Susan Jeanes founded the short-lived John Stuart Mill Society to combat the conservative Lyons Forum . Hockey made his maiden speech in September 1996, highlighting modern liberalism , composed of recognition of
8346-605: The lead up to the 2014 G20 meeting in Brisbane, Tony Abbott focused world attention on Russia's role in the shooting down of the civilian plane. In a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the APEC meeting in Beijing, Abbott reportedly told the president that Australia had information that the missile that destroyed the plane had Russian origin and that Russia should consider apologising and offering appropriate restitution to
8453-498: The leadership of Malcolm Turnbull and, in October 2009, polls showed him as the preferred Liberal leader. However, Hockey announced that he had no intention to challenge for the leadership. On 9 November 2009, Hockey gave a speech, "In Defence of God", at the Sydney Institute . Australia has embraced religious diversity. It must always remain so, and as a member of parliament I am a custodian of that principle of tolerance. That
8560-471: The need for preferences. When contesting the 1996 election, Hockey bought a bus which he painted in the colours of the North Sydney Bears , which had the effect of positioning Hockey as an Independent and showed Hockey's local ties. Hockey would park the bus everywhere in his electorate to raise awareness. Robert Orrell, Hockey's campaign manager in 1995, states that Hockey presented himself as
8667-418: The party). The Greens, which had been in alliance with Labor for the preceding three years, lost one senator and a third of their vote under new leader Christine Milne . The party had campaigned heavily against Abbott and promised to block his key election commitment to abolish the carbon tax it had jointly introduced with the Gillard government. The Australian Electoral Commission successfully petitioned
8774-646: The post of Treasurer and Deputy Liberal Leader Julie Bishop became the first woman appointed Foreign Minister of Australia . Senator Mathias Cormann was promoted to the position of Minister for Finance. Of the three female members of the Abbott Shadow Cabinet, Julie Bishop retained her position in Foreign Affairs following the 2013 election, while Bronwyn Bishop became Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives , and
8881-542: The price of goods and services when needed. This caused controversy, and The Daily Telegraph printed a story that declared that voters could be charged more than the 10% GST promised. When HIH Insurance went bankrupt in March 2001, Joe Hockey was the minister responsible for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), which oversaw HIH. Although Hockey's office had sought written assurances from HIH that everything
8988-680: The process for achieving Constitutional recognition. Abbott said he hoped the wording for a referendum could be concluded in 2016, for a referendum vote in 2017. Abbott announced the establishment of the Indigenous Advisory Council in November 2013. The government-appointed council was to meet three times a year with the Prime Minister and senior ministers to advise the government on policy implementation. Aimed at sparking "new engagement" with Indigenous Australians,
9095-565: The protests, included the renovation of the club's headquarters, a cutback on the expenses of Honi Soit , the closure of the SRC Women's Room, but the opening of a free legal advice service. Towards the end of his term as SRC President, the Australian Labor Party 's Deputy Prime Minister Lionel Bowen phoned Hockey and invited him to join the ALP. Hockey researched the philosophies of John Stuart Mill and decided to join
9202-437: The rights of the individual, parliamentary democracy, and committing to improve society through reform. Hockey highlighted his father's heritage, and highlighted barriers against women achieving success. In the lead-up to the 1998 election , which Hockey characterised as "the GST election", despite being the minister in charge of the GST, Hockey stopped campaigning shortly before the election because he felt that talking about
9309-403: The seat would revert to the Liberals once Mack retired. In 1993, for instance, the Liberals would have held the seat on a traditional two-party margin of 9.5 percent–just on the edge of being safe. As expected, Hockey regained the seat for the Liberals on 65.6 percent of the two-party preferred vote. He actually won 57.8 percent of the primary vote, more than enough to win the seat outright without
9416-669: The shelf' from Japan rather than build the high-tech vessels in South Australia as had been promised." Days prior to the by-election, the Defence Minister David Johnston had denounced the capabilities of the Australian Submarine Corporation which wanted to construct Australia's new submarine fleet at Adelaide, saying the company was at least $ 350 million over budget in building three air warfare destroyer ships: "You wonder why I'm worried about ASC and what they're delivering to
9523-497: The summit, Abbott travelled to Bali, where he laid a wreath at the memorial of the 2002 Bali bombing. He also announced a commitment to extend compensation to Australian victims of terrorist attacks, allowing payments of up to A$ 75,000 to those who suffered in attacks on New York, London, Egypt, Mumbai, Jakarta, Bali and Nairobi since 2001. In Brunei, Abbott also attended his first East Asia Summit with world leaders, including India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh . In 2013, prior to
9630-527: The support of four crossbench MPs after the election produced a hung parliament . Leadership instability in the Labor Party continued, and Gillard was replaced by Rudd following a Labor ballot conducted shortly before the 2013 election. As Opposition Leader, Abbott opposed the Rudd–Gillard government's introduction of a mining profits tax, and emissions trading scheme and carbon tax, and criticised
9737-589: The support of the party's right wing and climate change sceptics . On 1 December 2009, Hockey chose to include his candidacy in a party room ballot to determine the leadership of the Liberal Party. The ballot was between Hockey, Turnbull and Abbott. Hockey was eliminated in the first round of the ballot, with the eventual winner being Abbott. Following the change of leadership, Hockey remained Shadow Treasurer. He told ABC TV's Q&A audience on 7 March 2011 that corporate Australia had fallen behind in female boardroom representation and if companies failed to meet
9844-638: The term of the previous government had spied on the Indonesian President and his wife. The alleged spying had taken place soon after the July 2009 bombing of Jakarta's Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels. Indonesia recalled its ambassador over the affair. During the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine , Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down in a missile attack. Julie Bishop and Australia's UN Ambassador Gary Quinlan led negotiations at
9951-860: The twelve parliamentary secretaries is female. Philip Ruddock , the longest serving member in the Parliament, was appointed Chief Government Whip. Eric Abetz retained the portfolio of Employment, George Brandis was appointed Attorney-General, Christopher Pyne as Education Minister, and Abbott's former leadership rival Malcolm Turnbull took Communications. In his speech following his swearing-in ceremony, Abbott said his government would "strive to govern for all Australians": "We won't forget those who are often marginalised; people with disabilities, Indigenous people and women struggling to combine career and family. We will do our best not to leave anyone behind. We hope to be judged by what we have done rather than by what we have said we will do." The Abbott ministry
10058-441: The victims of the shooting. Russia continued to deny involvement. Andrew Robb served as Minister for Trade and Investment . In April 2014, Abbott led a trade delegation to Japan, South Korea and China. The three economies accounted for more than half of all of Australia's two-way trade. By the close of his tenure, Abbott's government had struck free trade agreements with the three nations. The Abbott government also established
10165-576: The week after. His farewell party was held on 17 January 2020 in Washington, D.C. , and was attended by Abbott and Australian golfer Greg Norman . At the start of 2020, Hockey planned to continue staying and working in the United States for several years after his role as ambassador to the United States. It was previously reported that he was planning to take up a part-time position as a guest lecturer on public policy and politics in an American university. Hockey made unsubstantiated claims of fraud in
10272-655: Was appointed the Minister for Indigenous Affairs in the Abbott Ministry. Scullion also served as Leader of the Nationals in the Senate. In 2013, Andrew Forrest was chosen to lead a review into Indigenous employment and training programs, which was to report to the Australian government. The review was delivered on 1 August 2014, with 27 recommendations. This was the genesis of the Healthy Welfare Card initiative. In his February 2014 " Closing
10379-456: Was considered by his colleagues to have made a poor case for the economic reforms in the 2014 budget. The Guardian writes that criticism of the budget as "unfair" harmed Hockey's public image. After the February 2015 Liberal party leadership spill motion , there were calls for Hockey to be replaced as Treasurer. In the lead-up to the 2015 budget, Abbott stated that no matter how the budget
10486-506: Was fine, the public felt that Hockey was to blame. Upon learning that the estimated damages were between $ 4-$ 8 billion, Hockey took this to the Cabinet and sought a bail out. Peter Costello advised that APRA should sort out HIH. After the collapse of HIH Insurance, Hockey became concerned about the NRMA , and called Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC), the ACCC, APRA and
10593-586: Was made Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing and Manager of Opposition Business in the House. In September 2008 he became Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation. He became Shadow Treasurer in February 2009 when Julie Bishop stepped down from the portfolio. Prior to his appointment as shadow treasurer there had been a move to get Hockey to transfer to New South Wales state politics to replace Barry O'Farrell as state Liberal leader and lead
10700-487: Was moved from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs into the Prime Minister's Office, with Michaelia Cash appointed Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women . The ministry also divided responsibilities for science between the portfolios of Education, under Christopher Pyne, and Industry, under Ian McFarlane . The December 2014 Cabinet reshuffle saw Ian McFarlane become
10807-519: Was not announced for an unusually long period and the Agence France Presse reported that Abbott had set out to stamp a "markedly different style on government" standing "in stark contrast to the 'chaos' he liked to accuse his Labor predecessors of fomenting as almost hourly soundbites, lengthy press conferences and briefings were cranked out in an effort to control the 24-hour news cycle". Responsibility for women's policies and programs
10914-524: Was received, Hockey would continue as Treasurer. Hockey delivered the 2015 budget . This was considered a vast contrast to the 2014 budget. In June 2015, Hockey was criticised over his response to housing affordability issues, where he advised first home buyers to "get a good job that pays good money". In August 2015, Peter FitzSimons , chair of the Australian Republican Movement , announced that Joe Hockey would help lead
11021-631: Was shot dead after taking hostages and holding up a café in Martin Place, Sydney, in an attack in which two hostages died. A month later, Abbott condemned the Charlie Hebdo terror attacks in France as an "unspeakable atrocity". When 60 people were killed in attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait on one day on 27 June, Abbott said: "This illustrates yet again that as far as the Daesh death cult
11128-661: Was succeeded by Arthur Sinodinos the week after. Hockey was born the youngest of four siblings in North Sydney to Australian mother, Beverley, and Palestinian father, Richard Hokeidonian, who was born in Mandatory Palestine . His father's surname was anglicised to "Hockey" in 1948 after his arrival in Australia. He was named after Joseph Benedict Chifley , the post-war prime minister whose immigration policies allowed for his father to enter Australia. Hockey attended St Aloysius' College, Milsons Point and
11235-453: Was sworn into office on 18 September 2013. Less than two years later on 14 September 2015, Malcolm Turnbull defeated Abbott in a leadership ballot , 54 votes to 44 and the Turnbull government became the executive government of Australia. In economic policy, the Abbott government aimed to rein in a budget deficit that reached A$ 48.5 billion by June 2014. It concluded free trade agreements with China, Japan and South Korea. It removed
11342-511: Was the federal executive government of Australia led by the 28th Prime Minister Tony Abbott . The government was made up of members of the Liberal–National Coalition . The Leader of The Nationals , Warren Truss , served as Deputy Prime Minister . Following the 2013 Australian federal election held on 7 September, the Coalition defeated the second Rudd government , ending six years of Labor government . The Abbott government
11449-421: Was widely believed at the time that Hockey would have faced a more rigorous preselection contest for what has traditionally been a "blue ribbon" Liberal seat. As it was, Hockey all but assured himself of becoming the seat's next member with his preselection victory. "Traditional" two-party matchups during Mack's tenure had shown North Sydney as a fairly safe Liberal seat, and it had been a foregone conclusion that
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