Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Turnbull akapedza kudzidza paUniversity of Sydney aine Bachelor of Arts uye Bachelor of Laws, asati apinda Brasenose College, Oxford seRhodes Scholar, achiwana Bachelor of Civil Law. Kwemakore anopfuura makumi maviri, akashanda semutori wenhau, gweta, mutengesi webhangi, uye mutengesi wemari. Akashanda seMutungamiri weAustralia Republican Movement kubva muna 1993 kusvika muna 2000, uye aive mumwe wevatungamiriri vekubudirira kwe "Hongu" mushandirapamwe mu1999 republic referendum
. Akatanga kusarudzwa kuAustralia House of Representatives yeDivision yeWentworth muNew South Wales musarudzo dza2004, uye aive Gurukota reZvakatipoteredza neMvura pasi paJohn Howard kubva muna Ndira 2007 kusvika Zvita 2007.