Malcolm Turnbull

**Malcolm Turnbull** is a recurring character played by Zachary Ruane and later Broden Kelly on the Aunty Donna Podcast. He is based on the real politician, Malcolm Turnbull.

Turnbull is a former prime minister of Australia from Sydney, and former MP for Wentworth. He has lost 50 popular votes in a row. He invented the email, and is a dot com billionaire. Malcolm has a wife named Lucy Turnbull who he married in 1980.

## Biography

### First appearances

He first appeared on the podcast when Zach spoke of multiculturalism in Australia and morphed into him. Broden subsequently also turned into a better Turnbull who was also on The Project. This version fretted about Rhys Nicholson saying things that could damage his reputation. It would be the Broden version of the character that would persevere. (*Podcast Ep 59 Feat. DANIEL SLOSS*)

Turnbull later dropped by the podcast to say hello. He asked whether Aunty Donna would ever end up performing for him, and said he would say "okay," after the performance. (*Podcast EP 79 Feat. BEN RUSSELL*)

On The Quiz Show, Pausey Pete's first question to Broden was "who is the leader of the government of the country of Australia? Broden answered "Malcolm Turnbull," which was correct. (*"New Show" - FULL HOUR SPECIAL*)

### Robbing La Porchetta

Salvatore Michaelangelo and God met Turnbull in Parliament House when he was prime minister. Turnbull asked if they were interested in OzEmail, as he had invented the email and was a dot com billionaire from this. Salvatore offered him some capocollo, but Turnbull said he didn't want any of his dirty meats and called him a rat. God said they would give him a tax-free share of $32 to rob a La Porchetta by distracting them with the Pirates of the Carribean soundtrack. He went to find composer Klaus Badelt, but found Hans Zimmer instead, who said that Turnbull reminded him of Danny Elfman. Turnbull offered Zimmer $32 to get involved in the plan, which he accepted. (*Podcast Ep 106 - Oceans 14*)

Continuing the plan, they involved Mark. They also met Jesus Christ, Scottish South African Sam and Kiwi South African Sam, and many more characters. However, the plan to rob the establishment with the 239 other characters never went through, as they had such a good time eating pizza. (*Podcast Ep 107 - Oceans 14 Part 2 Feat BEN RUSSELL*)

### The Zach Ruane Politics Show

He was a guest on The Zach Ruane Politics Show after he challenged Peter Dutton to a leadership spill in the Liberal Party caucus. He talked to political correspondent Ruby Rose and compared the politics of prison to that of Parliament House. He brought along Judas Iscariot, and said he sold OzEmail for $38 billion.

He fought back Labour Party accusations that he was letting the backbenchers veto anything he put forward, in song form to the tune of Gangster's Paradise (feat. Judas). In the song, he said he'd fuck everyone's dads, which became a new dad-fucking policy.

Zach and Ruby talked about his backtracking on the company tax, and asked him whether he thought the company tax of 25% was too much; Turnbull said "yeah," and sang a rendition of the theme song from HBO's *The Sopranos*. He also sang a song about himself to the tune of the *Curb Your Enthusiasm* theme song, and joined in singing the themes for *Get Smart* and *The Brady Bunch*. (*Podcast Ep 110 - The Zach Ruane Politics Show*)

## Appearances

* Podcast Ep 59 Feat. DANIEL SLOSS (Zach, Broden)
* Podcast EP 79 Feat. BEN RUSSELL (Broden)
* Podcast Ep 106 - Oceans 14 (Broden)
* Podcast Ep 107 - Oceans 14 Part 2 Feat BEN RUSSELL (Broden)
* Podcast Ep 110 - The Zach Ruane Politics Show (Broden)