Editing Greg Hunt (section)

== Early life ==
Gregory Andrew Hunt was born on 18 November 1965 in [[Frankston, Victoria]].<ref name="aph">{{Cite Au Parliament |mpid=00AMV |name=The Hon Greg Hunt MP |access-date=2021-11-05}}</ref> He was one of five sons born to Kathinka (née Grant, known as Tinka) and [[Alan Hunt (politician)|Alan Hunt]]. His father was a solicitor by profession who had been elected to the [[Victorian Legislative Council]] in 1962, and served as a Liberal state government minister in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.greghunt.com.au/vale-alan-hunt-9-october-1927-19-july-2013/|title=Vale Alan Hunt. 9 October 1927 – 19 July 2013|publisher=Greg Hunt MP|date=19 July 2013|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=6 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006093653/https://www.greghunt.com.au/vale-alan-hunt-9-october-1927-19-july-2013/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hunt's maternal grandmother Phyllis Forster was one of the first women to graduate from the [[Victorian College of Pharmacy]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://insidestory.org.au/wrong-medicine/|title=Wrong medicine|publisher=Inside Story|date=18 May 2020|access-date=7 April 2021|first=Jennifer|last=Doggett|archive-date=21 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321171536/https://insidestory.org.au/wrong-medicine/|url-status=live}}</ref> His mother worked as a nurse, but suffered from a form of bipolar disorder and was later institutionalised.<ref name=knott>{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/the-family-battle-that-shaped-new-health-minister-greg-hunt-20170118-gttjfg.html|title=The family battle that shaped new Health Minister Greg Hunt|first=Matthew|last=Knott|date=18 January 2017|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517111301/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/the-family-battle-that-shaped-new-health-minister-greg-hunt-20170118-gttjfg.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She died of a heart attack at the age of 58, while her son was studying abroad.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/health-minister-greg-hunts-life-shaped-by-extraordinary-childhood/news-story/0e1ae6b3ed781490b26b9d81a5951625|title=Health Minister Greg Hunt's life shaped by extraordinary childhood|date=2 May 2020|access-date=7 April 2021|newspaper=Courier-Mail|archive-date=7 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707051546/https://www.couriermail.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CMWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.couriermail.com.au%2Fnews%2Fqueensland%2Fhealth-minister-greg-hunts-life-shaped-by-extraordinary-childhood%2Fnews-story%2F0e1ae6b3ed781490b26b9d81a5951625&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=c7eca2389834466232fe65b51c9a83fd-1625634945|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hunt grew up in [[Mornington, Victoria]], attending Mornington Primary School and the [[Peninsula School (Australia)|Peninsula School]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://vic.liberal.org.au/GregHunt|title=About Greg|publisher=Greg Hunt|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121082710/https://vic.liberal.org.au/GregHunt|url-status=live}}</ref> He took a [[gap year]] after leaving high school, travelling through Ireland, the Alps, Spain, and Israel. He lived on a [[kibbutz]] for several months, learning [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and working in a [[machine shop]]. After returning to Australia, Hunt studied arts and law at the [[University of Melbourne]], living at [[Ormond College]] and graduating with first-class honours.<ref name=snow>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/i-was-getting-about-1000-messages-a-day-why-greg-hunt-gave-up-running-for-a-while-20200806-p55j9s.html|title='I was getting about 1000 messages a day': why Greg Hunt gave up running for a while|first=Deborah|last=Snow|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=11 September 2020|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-date=15 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315215747/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/i-was-getting-about-1000-messages-a-day-why-greg-hunt-gave-up-running-for-a-while-20200806-p55j9s.html|url-status=live}}</ref> At university he developed friendships with [[Mary Wooldridge]] and [[John Roskam]].<ref name=green/> He was head of the debating society and partnered with [[Rufus Black]] at the 1984 [[World Universities Debating Championship]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, finishing in second place.<ref name=snow/> He won a prize for a final-year thesis he co-authored with Black, titled ''A Tax to Make the Polluter Pay''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=Greg |date=July 14, 2022 |title=A tax to make the polluter pay |url=http://thetypewriter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/50162694-A-Tax-to-Make-the-Polluter-Pay.pdf |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=The Typewriter |archive-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524180608/https://thetypewriter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/50162694-A-Tax-to-Make-the-Polluter-Pay.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hunt is one of seven Liberal MPs in the [[46th Parliament of Australia]] who have obtained degrees at an [[Oxbridge]] or [[Ivy League]] university, the others being [[Alan Tudge]], [[Angus Taylor (politician)|Angus Taylor]], [[Andrew Laming]], [[Dave Sharma]], [[Josh Frydenberg]] and [[Paul Fletcher (politician)|Paul Fletcher]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pathways to Parliament |url=https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2021/careers-before-politics/ |newspaper=Theage |publisher=Fairfax Media |access-date=7 April 2022 |last1=Carter |first1=Noah Yim |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120134942/https://www.smh.com.au/interactive/2021/careers-before-politics/ |url-status=live }}</ref>