Editing Greg Hunt (section)

== Politics ==
=== Early career ===
Hunt was elected to the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] at the [[2001 Australian federal election|2001 federal election]], standing in the [[Division of Flinders]]. He had been asked to stand for Liberal [[preselection]] by the retiring MP [[Peter Reith]].<ref name=green>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/hunting-ground-20120210-1sjt7.html|title=Hunting ground|first=Shane|last=Green|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502070703/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/hunting-ground-20120210-1sjt7.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003 he supported the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion of Iraq]] by coalition forces and served as a spokesman for the [[Howard government]]'s policies.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s778307.htm|title=Hunt discusses Government's Iraq position|date=6 February 2003|first=Mark|last=Colvin|access-date=7 April 2021|work=PM|publisher=ABC|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424191614/https://www.abc.net.au/pm/stories/s778307.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2003/s811046.htm|title=Iraq war debate|first=Mark|last=Colvin|date=19 March 2003|access-date=7 April 2021|work=PM|publisher=ABC|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129221808/https://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2003/s811046.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hunt was first elevated to the ministry following the [[2004 Australian federal election|2004 federal election]], when he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment and Heritage. In January 2007, Hunt was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Following the Coalition's defeat at the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007 election]], he was appointed Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Urban Water.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greghunt.com.au/AboutGreg/Biography.aspx |title=About Greg |publisher=Greghunt.com.au |access-date=24 October 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194137/http://www.greghunt.com.au/AboutGreg/Biography.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> His title was altered to Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Heritage after the [[2010 Australian federal election|2010 election]].<ref name="aph"/>

=== Abbott government (2013–2015)===
After the [[2013 Australian federal election|2013 federal election]], Hunt was appointed Minister for the Environment in the [[Abbott government]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Commonwealth Government – Abbott Ministry|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/03%20Senators%20and%20Members/32%20Members/Lists/minlist.ashx|publisher=Parliament of Australia|access-date=27 October 2013|date=18 September 2013|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191928/http://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/03%20Senators%20and%20Members/32%20Members/Lists/minlist.ashx|url-status=live}}</ref> One of his first actions as minister was to inform [[Tim Flannery]], the head of the [[Gillard government]]'s [[Climate Commission]], that the government was closing this body, as per its election platform.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-shuts-down-climate-commission-20130919-2u185.html |title=Abbott shuts down Climate Commission |publisher=theage.com.au |date=19 September 2013 |access-date=27 October 2013 |location=Melbourne |archive-date=22 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222025810/http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-shuts-down-climate-commission-20130919-2u185.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2013, he announced [[Great Barrier Reef#Abbot Point coal port dredge dumping controversy|a project to dredge Abbot Point]], which was approved by the Marine Park Authority in January 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority approves plan to dump Abbot Point spoil|date=31 January 2014|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-31/abbot-point-spoil-dredging-approved/5227774|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=31 January 2014|archive-date=31 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131070155/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-31/abbot-point-spoil-dredging-approved/5227774|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Turnbull government (2015–2018)===
Following [[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, September 2015|the change in Liberal Party leadership]] in September 2015, Hunt was retained as Minister for the Environment in the new [[Turnbull government]].<ref>{{cite news |date=21 September 2015 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-20/turnbull-cabinet-reshuffle-whos-going-where/6775446 |title=Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet reshuffle: Who's going where? |work=ABC |location=Australia |access-date=14 February 2016 |archive-date=20 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920153739/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-20/turnbull-cabinet-reshuffle-whos-going-where/6775446 |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2016, Hunt was named "Best Minister in the World" by a panel established by [[Thomson Reuters]] for the 2016 World Government Summit of Dubai.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Greg Hunt named 'best minister in the world'|url = http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/greg-hunt-named-best-minister-in-the-world-20160209-gmpc46.html|website = The Sydney Morning Herald|date = 9 February 2016|access-date = 2016-02-18|archive-date = 15 February 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160215193847/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/greg-hunt-named-best-minister-in-the-world-20160209-gmpc46.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

With the reelection of the [[Turnbull government]] in [[2016 Australian federal election|2016]], Hunt became the [[Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science]] in the [[Second Turnbull Ministry]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Stephanie|last=Anderson|title=Election 2016: Malcolm Turnbull unveils ministry with Christopher Pyne, Greg Hunt on the move|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-18/malcolm-turnbull-unveils-new-look-ministry/7638492|newspaper=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=20 July 2016|access-date=22 July 2016|archive-date=24 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824050817/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-18/malcolm-turnbull-unveils-new-look-ministry/7638492|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the resignation of [[Sussan Ley]] as Health Minister in January 2017, Turnbull appointed Hunt as the Minister for Health and the Minister for Sport.<ref name="replace">{{cite news|title=Greg Hunt announced as new Health Minister|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-18/greg-hunt-replaces-sussan-ley-as-health-minister/8190384|access-date=19 January 2017|work=ABC News|date=18 January 2017|language=en-AU|archive-date=23 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523003842/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-18/greg-hunt-replaces-sussan-ley-as-health-minister/8190384|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2017 Hunt, [[Michael Sukkar]] and [[Alan Tudge]] faced the possibility of being prosecuted for contempt of court after they made public statements criticising the sentencing decisions of two senior judges while the government was awaiting their ruling on a related appeal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.afr.com/news/politics/greg-hunt-alan-tudge-michael-sukkar-face-contempt-charge-20170614-gwrf34|title=Greg Hunt, Alan Tudge, Michael Sukkar face contempt charge|date=2017-06-15|work=Financial Review|access-date=2017-06-15|language=en-US|archive-date=29 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029044932/https://www.afr.com/news/politics/greg-hunt-alan-tudge-michael-sukkar-face-contempt-charge-20170614-gwrf34|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/15/greg-hunt-declines-to-say-if-hell-appear-in-court-for-hearing-over-potential-contempt-charges|title=Greg Hunt declines to say if he'll be in court for hearing over potential contempt charges|last=Hutchens|first=Gareth|date=2017-06-14|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-06-15|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=7 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007141253/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/15/greg-hunt-declines-to-say-if-hell-appear-in-court-for-hearing-over-potential-contempt-charges|url-status=live}}</ref> They avoided prosecution by, eventually, making an unconditional apology to the Victorian Court of Appeal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/23/coalition-ministers-no-contempt-charges-court-accepts-apology|title=Coalition ministers will not face contempt charges after court accepts apology|last=Wahlquist|first=Calla|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 June 2017|access-date=23 June 2017|archive-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322034124/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/23/coalition-ministers-no-contempt-charges-court-accepts-apology|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/ministers-make-unconditional-apology-for-criticism-of-victorias-supreme-court-20170623-gwx1zq.html|title=Ministers escape contempt charges after 'unconditional apology' to Supreme Court|last1=Bucci|first1=Nino|last2=Massola|first2=James|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=23 June 2017|access-date=23 June 2017|archive-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920193736/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/ministers-make-unconditional-apology-for-criticism-of-victorias-supreme-court-20170623-gwx1zq.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cefa.org.au/ccf/executive-and-judicial-tussle-healthy-our-democracy|title=An Executive and Judicial tussle: Is this healthy for our democracy?|publisher=Constitution Education Fund Australia|date=23 June 2017|access-date=23 June 2017|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022101206/http://www.cefa.org.au/ccf/executive-and-judicial-tussle-healthy-our-democracy|url-status=live}}</ref> During the run up to the [[2018 Victorian state election|Victorian state elections]] of 2018, Hunt participated in the [[African gangs moral panic]] by stating "We know that African gang crime in some areas [of Victoria] is clearly out of control. [...] The failure is not police, but the Premier."<ref name="molla">{{cite journal |last1=Tebeje |first1=Molla |title=Racial moral panic and African youth in Australia |journal=International Journal of Intercultural Relations |date=2021 |issue=84 |page=95-106 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0147176721001061?via%3Dihub |access-date=14 June 2024}}</ref>

In Turnbull's 2020 autobiography ''A Bigger Picture'', he described Hunt as "widely distrusted by his colleagues" and stated that he "all too often used abusive and vulgar language towards others", including to his department secretary [[Martin Bowles]].<ref name=snow/>

===Morrison government (2018–2022)===
During the [[2018 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills|Liberal leadership crisis]] in August 2018, Hunt tendered his resignation as [[Minister for Health and Aged Care|health minister]]. However, it was not formally accepted and he retained the position in the [[Morrison government]] several days later.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ajp.com.au/news/greg-hunt-to-stay-on/|title=Greg Hunt to stay on|publisher=[[Australian Journal of Pharmacy]]|date=26 August 2018|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=6 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006093339/https://ajp.com.au/news/greg-hunt-to-stay-on/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="aph"/> Hunt stood for the deputy leadership of the party, polling 16 votes out of 82 (20 percent) compared with 46 for [[Josh Frydenberg]] and 20 for [[Steven Ciobo]]; there were three abstentions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/scott-morrison-selected-as-australia-s-30th-prime-minister-20180824-p4zzjz.html|title=Scott Morrison selected as Australia's 30th Prime Minister|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=24 August 2018|access-date=6 October 2019|archive-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023011124/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/scott-morrison-selected-as-australia-s-30th-prime-minister-20180824-p4zzjz.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hunt had a prominent role during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia]]. He was granted authority over Australia's strategy and response to the pandemic after the [[Governor-General of Australia]] enacted the [[Biosecurity Act 2015]] on 23 March 2020.<ref name=":0" /> Hunt's leadership over Australia's public health response to the pandemic has received praise for its effectiveness in reducing transmission and following scientific advice.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> In government meetings, Hunt drew comparison's with Australia's shortcomings in responding to the [[Spanish flu|1918 flu pandemic]] to garner political support for the "suppression" strategy.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Cave |first=Damien |date=2022-05-15 |title=How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While Covid Killed a Million Americans |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/15/world/australia/covid-deaths.html |access-date=2022-05-17 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=17 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517090944/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/15/world/australia/covid-deaths.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Hunt also conducted national press briefings<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Cox|first1=Lisa|last2=Rachwani|first2=Mostafa|last3=Boseley|first3=Matilda|last4=Visontay (earlier)|first4=Elias|last5=Livingstone|first5=Helen|date=2021-05-28|title=Greg Hunt says record number of people vaccinated – as it happened|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/may/28/australia-coronavirus-live-update-victoria-lockdown-begins-as-calls-mount-for-more-business-support-melbourne-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca-cases-restrictions-scott-morrison-brittany-higgins|access-date=2021-06-02|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215552/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2021/may/28/australia-coronavirus-live-update-victoria-lockdown-begins-as-calls-mount-for-more-business-support-melbourne-covid-19-vaccine-astrazeneca-cases-restrictions-scott-morrison-brittany-higgins|url-status=live}}</ref> and has been prominent in the country's [[COVID-19 vaccination in Australia|vaccination deployment]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-05-31|title=Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of aged care workers back under review|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-31/vic-covid-outbreak-aged-care-vaccine-mandatory-consider-rollout/100178812|access-date=2021-06-02|work=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603071221/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-31/vic-covid-outbreak-aged-care-vaccine-mandatory-consider-rollout/100178812|url-status=live}}</ref> Hunt's ban on foreign travel for Australians during the pandemic has faced legal challenges but was upheld in court.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Heath|first=Ryan|title=Hermit nation: Australia locks out its citizens in extreme new Covid policy|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/03/australia-covid-lockdown-485255|access-date=2021-06-02|work=POLITICO|language=en|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214810/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/03/australia-covid-lockdown-485255|url-status=live}}</ref> His handling of the country’s vaccination program has drawn sharp criticism for delays and examples of mis-management, particularly in the aged care sector.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rudd|first=Kevin|date=2021-07-04|title=Greg Hunt has failed to vaccinate the nation and must go|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/greg-hunt-has-failed-to-vaccinate-the-nation-and-must-go-20210703-p586jq.html|access-date=2021-07-06|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en-AU|archive-date=6 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706213537/https://www.smh.com.au/national/greg-hunt-has-failed-to-vaccinate-the-nation-and-must-go-20210703-p586jq.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The pace of national vaccination program brought the word strollout  to the national vernacular. A blend of ''rollout'' and ''stroll'', the word refers to the "perceived lack of speed" in Australia's vaccine rollout.  On November 17, Canberra's Australian National Dictionary Centre announced ''strollout'' as its pick for the word of the year, Two Australian dictionaries — and, in one poll, the Australian public — have chosen ''strollout'' as their word of the year for 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-29|title=Australia's word of the year is phonetically satisfying — and very frustrating|language=en-AU|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-30/covid-vaccine-strollout-macquarie-dictionary-word-year-australia/100659388|access-date=2021-11-29|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129233008/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-30/covid-vaccine-strollout-macquarie-dictionary-word-year-australia/100659388|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-11-17|title=2021's Word of the Year alludes to a uniquely Australian problem|language=en-AU|work=ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-17/australian-word-of-the-year-is-strollout-referencing-vaccines/100626698|access-date=2021-11-29|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129233001/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-17/australian-word-of-the-year-is-strollout-referencing-vaccines/100626698|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2020 Hunt announced that he would ask the [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General in Council]] to make regulations from 1 July 2020 prohibiting the importation of [[Electronic cigarette|e-cigarettes]] containing vaporizer [[nicotine]] and nicotine-containing refills unless on prescription from a doctor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=gail.bird|date=2020-06-18|title=Australian Government proposes strengthening its stance against e-cigarettes containing vaporiser nicotine|url=https://www.odc.gov.au/news-media/news/australian-government-proposes-strengthening-its-stance-against-e-cigarettes|access-date=2020-06-26|website=odc.gov.au|language=en|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627070654/https://www.odc.gov.au/news-media/news/australian-government-proposes-strengthening-its-stance-against-e-cigarettes|url-status=live}}</ref> Hunt stated on [[Twitter]] that the Australian Government committed to shutting down the importation of vaping products on 1 July. By 27 July a petition endorsed by Senator [[Matt Canavan|Matthew Canavan]] and [[George Christensen]] and other backbenchers was signed by over 70,000 people, causing Hunt to extend this deadline.<ref name="Harris">{{Cite web|last=Harris|first=Fergus Hunter, Rob|date=2020-06-25|title=Greg Hunt faces backbench revolt over vaping import ban|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/greg-hunt-faces-backbench-revolt-over-vaping-import-ban-20200625-p5569k.html|access-date=2020-06-26|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626141701/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/greg-hunt-faces-backbench-revolt-over-vaping-import-ban-20200625-p5569k.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hunt stated in a media release that he will now ask the Governor-General in Council to sign off on these regulations on 1 January 2021 to allow time for a more streamlined process for patients obtaining nicotine through their GP.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Health|first=Australian Government Department of|date=2020-06-26|title=Prescription Nicotine Based Vaping|url=https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp/media/prescription-nicotine-based-vaping|access-date=2020-06-26|website=Australian Government Department of Health|language=en|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626151049/https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp/media/prescription-nicotine-based-vaping|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 2 December 2021, Hunt announced his intention to retire from politics in the [[2022 Australian federal election|2022 federal election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-02/health-minister-greg-hunt-to-retire-at-2022-federal-election/100624148|title=Health Minister Greg Hunt to retire from politics at 2022 federal election|publisher=ABC News|date=2 December 2021|access-date=2 December 2021|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202044059/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-02/health-minister-greg-hunt-to-retire-at-2022-federal-election/100624148|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2022, [[Monash University, Clayton campus|Monash University]] announced the appointment of Hunt as the foundation Chair of the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health’s Advisory Council.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hon Greg Hunt appointed Turner Institute Advisory Council Chair |url=https://www.monash.edu/turner-institute/news-and-events/latest-news/2022-articles/the-hon-greg-hunt-appointed-turner-institute-advisory-council-chair |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health |date=31 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=10 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510153458/https://www.monash.edu/turner-institute/news-and-events/latest-news/2022-articles/the-hon-greg-hunt-appointed-turner-institute-advisory-council-chair |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Hunt office.jpg|thumb|Greg Hunt's electoral office in [[Somerville, Victoria|Somerville]]]]