Doing The Job vs Being Seen To Do It: A Minister Explains | Mal Brough - EP183

He grew up with an outside dunny on a dirt road south of Brisbane, and ended up sitting in John Howard's cabinet. Mal Brough's dad had polio from age four, ran the family corner store opposite a three-teacher primary school, and lost every election he ever ran in.

Mal joined the army on a whim at 18, walked away in 1987 to become a milkman, built a hairdressing wholesale business on the Sunshine Coast, and only joined the Liberal Party after ringing talkback radio to tear strips off the government over a wage subsidy.

He then cashed in his super, took a holiday on his mortgage and went 12 months without income to win the new seat of Longman in 1996.

In this episode you'll learn what Canberra actually looks like from the inside, why a backbencher is not "the government", and why your first loyalty is always to the people who sent you there.

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Get in touch with Mal Brough

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Mal's Quick Fire Answers

What does success mean to you?

"Happiness — being content, seeing your family do well, your kids, your grandkids, and sometimes just being able to help someone else in a quiet little way because you've had that privilege and experience to do things."

What does happiness mean to you?