FAMILY means everything to Josh Frydenberg, and the nation’s Treasurer says he is ready to ensure all families have the opportunities he has embraced.
Mr Frydenberg, whose mother escaped the Holocaust as a child, in an exclusive interview said his background proves “in Australia, anything is possible”.
And one of his first duties will be to encourage more conservative women into office.
“There are no glass ceilings … But my personal story is no different to many others who came here,” he said.
Australia’s first Jewish Treasurer said he was excited to take over the chief economic portfolio where “there is even more scope to have an impact on the legacy we leave for future generations”.
The father of two spent yesterday with wife Amie, figuring out “getting the balance right” between family and politics as he took over one of the nation’s toughest jobs.
“Having kids changed my perspective; it’s all about the future,” he said.
After an ugly week of brawling over the Liberal leadership, Mr Frydenberg said Australians would rightly be “very disappointed” with how the government had behaved.
Read the article by Annika Smethurst and Tom Minear in The Daily Telegraph.