Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Turnbull akapedza kudzidza paUniversity of Sydney aine Bachelor of Arts uye Bachelor of Laws, asati aenda kuBrasenose 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 wevatungamiri vemushandirapamwe usina kubudirira we "Hongu" muAustralia.
Referendamu yeRepublic ya1999. 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.