Second Turnbull ministry

Second Turnbull ministry
70th ministry of Australia
Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove with members of the second Turnbull ministry
Date formed	19 July 2016
Date dissolved	24 August 2018
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Sir Peter Cosgrove
Prime Minister	Malcolm Turnbull
Deputy Prime Minister	Barnaby Joyce Michael McCormack
No. of ministers	30
Member party	Liberal–National coalition
Status in legislature	Coalition majority government 76 / 150
Opposition cabinet	Shorten Shadow Cabinet
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Bill Shorten
History
Legislature term	45th
Predecessor	First Turnbull ministry
Successor	First Morrison ministry

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The second Turnbull ministry (Liberal–National Coalition) was the 70th ministry of the Government of Australia, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. It succeeded the first Turnbull ministry following the 2016 Australian federal election on 2 July 2016.

On 13 January 2017, Sussan Ley resigned from her portfolios after an expenses scandal. In the following rearrangement, the roles of Greg Hunt and Arthur Sinodinos were changed, while Ken Wyatt became the first Indigenous Australian to serve as a federal minister.^[1]

On 25 July 2017, Matt Canavan resigned from Cabinet over doubts as to his eligibility to be a member of the parliament, after discovering that he was considered by the Italian authorities to be a citizen of Italy.^[2] Dual citizens are generally ineligible to be elected or sit as a member of parliament under section 44 of the Australian Constitution. Barnaby Joyce took on Canavan's portfolio. On 27 October 2017, Joyce and Fiona Nash were disqualified from parliament by the High Court, also due to holding dual citizenship, while Canavan was ruled eligible.

The ministry ended with Malcolm Turnbull's replacement by Scott Morrison following the Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, 2018.