Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Turnbull ya kasance mai aiki a cikin yakin neman zabe na 1999 wanda bai yi nasara ba
don kafa jamhuriyar Ostiraliya, yana aiki a matsayin Shugaban Kwamitin Ee. Ya wallafa wani littafi a kan yakin, mai suna "Fighting for the Republic". Lokacin da kuri'ar raba gardama ta gaza, ya zargi Firayim Minista mai ci da kuma mai mulkin mallaka John Howard da "karya zuciyar al'ummar". Turnbull ya yi ritaya daga Jam'iyyar Republican ta Australiya a shekara ta 2000, bayan da ya bar hukumar Ausflag a shekarar 1994; ya shiga Kungiyar Flag ta Australiya a shekara ta 2004.