Josh Frydenberg
Minister for Resources and Energy | |
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In office 21 September 2015 – 19 July 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
Preceded by | Gary Gray |
Succeeded by | Matt Canavan |
Assistant Treasurer of Australia | |
In office 23 December 2014 – 21 September 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Abbott Malcolm Turnbull |
Preceded by | Arthur Sinodinos |
Succeeded by | Kelly O'Dwyer |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Kooyong | |
In office 21 August 2010 – 21 May 2022 | |
Preceded by | Petro Georgiou |
Succeeded by | Monique Ryan |
Personal details | |
Born | Joshua Anthony Frydenberg 17 July 1971 Victoria, Australia |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Amie Saunders |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | |
Profession |
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Joshua Anthony Frydenberg (/ˈfraɪdənˌbɜːrɡ/) (born 17 July 1971) is an Australian former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia and deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 2018 to 2022. He also served as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Kooyong from 2010 to 2022.
After leaving university, Frydenberg served as an adviser to Prime Minister
At the
Early life and education
Frydenberg was born in
Frydenberg was educated at Jewish schools
Frydenberg completed
Frydenberg also earned a
Frydenberg is one of seven Liberal MPs in the 46th Parliament of Australia who have obtained degrees at an Oxbridge or Ivy League university, the others being Alan Tudge, Angus Taylor, Andrew Laming, Dave Sharma, Greg Hunt and Paul Fletcher.[8]
Early career
In 1999, Frydenberg worked as an assistant adviser to
2006 preselection attempt
In 2006, Frydenberg announced that he was seeking Liberal preselection for Kooyong, a safe Liberal seat in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. He was contesting it against the incumbent member, Petro Georgiou, who had held the seat since 1994.
In the days leading to the preselection convention, Queensland frontbenchers
Georgiou won the nomination by gaining 62 of the 85 delegates' votes, with Frydenberg receiving 22 votes and a third candidate, Alastair Armstrong, receiving one vote. After Frydenberg's defeat, federal Treasurer and deputy Liberal leader Peter Costello, who represented the neighbouring seat of Higgins, encouraged Frydenberg to run for pre-selection in Chisholm, a marginal electorate neighbouring Kooyong, held by Anna Burke of the ALP. Frydenberg declined the offer, saying, "This is where I am from, this is where I feel most comfortable and this is where I think there is real work to be done."[11]
After Georgiou announced his decision to retire at the 2010 election, Frydenberg won the preselection vote, defeating industrial lawyer John Pesutto.[12] Frydenberg's candidacy was supported by references from former Prime Minister John Howard and former Opposition Leader Andrew Peacock.[13]
Member of Parliament
Georgiou retired ahead of the 2010 federal election. With the support of former Liberal state president Michael Kroger, Frydenberg won Liberal preselection,[14] and went on to win the seat with 52.56% of the primary vote and 57.55% of the two-party-preferred vote.[15] He was only the fifth person to represent this traditionally safe non-Labor seat in 88 years. He held the seat that was once held by Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister, Robert Menzies.
The first Jewish Liberal elected to the House of Representatives,
Frydenberg is a member of the centre-right faction of the Liberal Party.[18]
Frydenberg has at times been the target of antisemitic attacks, such as defacing his election material with Nazi icons.[19]
Abbott government
At the 2013 federal election, Frydenberg was re-elected with the largest swing to the Liberal Party in the seat since 1975. He was sworn in as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister on 18 September 2013, with particular responsibility for the government's deregulation agenda. On 23 December 2014, Frydenberg was sworn in as Assistant Treasurer in a ministerial reshuffle and replaced Arthur Sinodinos, who resigned due to delays in an ICAC inquiry.[20][21]
Turnbull government
Following the
In 2015, he declared that he had switched positions regarding same-sex marriage and publicly supported same sex marriage.[22]
With the re-election of the
Parliamentary eligibility
In the years following the 2016 election, numerous members of parliament were deemed to be ineligible to sit in parliament due to them breaching Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia, which prohibits MPs from having dual citizenship.[24]
In the course of the
Labor Party MPs were split on whether the matter should be investigated: Mark Dreyfus indicated that he would pursue the matter, but other Labor MPs requested that he desist. Ed Husic said that he felt uncomfortable with his party questioning the legal citizenship of stateless Jewish refugees escaping Europe. Mark Butler stated that it was not the party's official position to pursue the matter.[27]
Following the 2019 election, Frydenberg was taken to court over the issue by a constituent, Michael Staindl.[28] In March 2020, the Federal Court ruled that Frydenberg was eligible to sit in parliament.[29] Frydenberg was awarded legal costs of $410,000 against Staindl, of which Staindl paid him $350,000. In July 2022, the Federal Court approved a settlement in which Staindl would make no further statement disparaging Frydenberg or his lawyers and no further payment would be required.[30]
Morrison government
Frydenberg delivered his first federal budget in April 2019.[33] At the 2019 federal election, he retained his seat of Kooyong with a reduced majority, following a challenge from high-profile Greens candidate Julian Burnside.[34] Perceiving Burnside as a strong contender, the Liberal Party doubled its spending on the campaign in Kooyong, from $500,000 to $1 million.[35] Frydenberg received a primary swing of -8.2% against him, as well as the lowest Liberal vote in Kooyong in 97 years.[36]
In July 2019 a Kooyong resident petitioned the High Court, as Court of Disputed Returns, for a ruling that Frydenberg had been ineligible owing to foreign citizenship, being allegedly a citizen of Hungary.[37] On 23 November 2019 it was reported that Frydenberg had received confirmation from the Hungarian government that no record could be found of Hungarian citizenship of himself or his mother.[38] On 12 December 2019, since factual as well as legal questions remained unresolved, Justice Gordon of the High Court (who was critical of parties' delay) referred the case to the Federal Court.[39] On 17 March 2020, a Full Court of the Federal Court found on the basis of expert evidence that Frydenberg's maternal family had lost their Hungarian citizenship upon leaving Hungary, so that he was not and had never been a Hungarian citizen, and consequently he was not ineligible to be elected to the federal parliament.[40]
In the lead-up to the
Frydenberg reportedly had a close working relationship with Morrison and "often stayed overnight at Kirribilli".[44] He and Morrison both stated Frydenberg also stayed with Morrison at The Lodge instead of elsewhere in his own private accommodation while in Canberra during Parliament.
Life after politics
In July 2022, Frydenberg joined investment bank Goldman Sachs as a senior regional advisor for the Asia Pacific.[45] In September 2023, Frydenberg was appointed as the chairman of Goldman Sachs’ Australian and New Zealand operations, a move which led Frydenberg to rule himself out of re-contesting Kooyong in 2025.[46][47][48]
Personal life
Frydenberg is married and has two children.[49]
Frydenberg is a supporter of the Carlton Football Club,[50] and served as the club's number-one ticket holder for 2021 and 2022.[51] In 2019, he was the Melbourne Storm number-one ticket holder.[52]
See also
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External links
- Search or browse Hansard for Josh Frydenberg at OpenAustralia.org