Paul Fletcher (politician)
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The Honourable Paul Fletcher MP |
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| Minister for Urban Infrastructure | |
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Assumed office 19 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | Jamie Briggs |
| Minister for Major Projects, Territories, and Local Government | |
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In office 21 September 2015 – 19 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Malcolm Turnbull |
| Preceded by | No Immediate Predecessor |
| Succeeded by | Fiona Nash (as Territories, and Local Government ) |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Bradfield |
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Assumed office 5 December 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Brendan Nelson |
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16 January 1965 Devizes, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Manuela Zappacosta |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Roseville, Sydney |
| Alma mater | |
| Website | Personal Website |
Paul William Fletcher (born 16 January 1965) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Bradfield, since his election to parliament at the 2009 Bradfield by-election. Fletcher served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications between September 2013 and September 2015 in the Abbott Ministry. Since September 2015, he has served as the Minister for Major Projects, Territories, and Local Government.
Fletcher was born in the English town of Devizes and came to Australia with his family at age two. He was a dual Australian/British citizen until 2009 when he repudiated his British citizenship.
Fletcher attended Sydney Grammar School, before going on to earn first-class honours degrees in economics and law from the University of Sydney. He later completed a Master of Business Administration degree at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business in New York City as a Fulbright Scholar.
In his early career, Fletcher worked as a management consultant, a corporate lawyer for Mallesons Stephen Jaques, and a corporate strategist for TNT Limited. From 1996 to 2000, he worked as Chief of Staff to Minister for Communications Richard Alston, a Liberal Party politician. Fletcher joined Optus in 2000 and worked as Director of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs until 2008. He then founded Fletchergroup Advisers, a strategy consultancy focusing on the communications industry. He also wrote a book entitled Wired Brown Land? Telstra's Battle for Broadband that was published in 2009, discussing Telstra's bid to operate the Australian Government's proposed National Broadband Network.
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