Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022
Chalmers's criticism of Morrison coming back to bite him: With interest rates tipped to rise on Tuesday, the federal government needs to scramble to assure ...
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A push is underway within the Liberal Party for a fundamental shift on superannuation, with one prominent backbencher now confident he has convinced a majority ... Show more
'Going forward you'll see more and more success stories': Morrison on ROI
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Australia’s blind faith in the Aukus submarine deal is “stark staring bonkers,” the former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has told a public inquiry ... Show more
Aberdeen man with meat cleaver just wanted to chat with opponent
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The $60b deal that every state wants to get rid of – bar one: It was supposed to cost $2.3 billion. But the Scott Morrison-era deal to placate Western Australia ...
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Australia should send military assets to the Gulf: Morrison: As US bombing of Iran intensifies and a crisis redevelops in the Strait of Hormuz ...
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"He is always full of Ideas & Energy": Scott Morrison Praises PM Modi, India-Australia Partnership#PMModi #NarendraModi #ScottMorrison #AustraliaVisit #IndiaAustralia #IndiaAustraliaRelations #StrategicPartnership #IndoPacific ... Show more
Key FactsIndia Backs Prambanan Temple Restoration Effort
Jul 8, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: thehindu.com
- Prime Minister Modi expressed gratitude for Indonesia’s preservation of the Prambanan Temple’s cultural heritage.
- Modi and President Subianto inaugurated a conservation project at the UNESCO World Heritage site.
- The temple complex, located 17 km from Yogyakarta, is Indonesia’s largest Hindu temple dating back to the 10th century.
- This collaboration follows a recent Letter of Intent signed by both nations to support restoration efforts.
"In conversations I hear, the winds here carry a scent of culture. That scent which we feel every moment on the soil of India. This scent, this cultural heritage, connects us," PM Modi said.— Prime Minister Narendra Modi; remarks at the Prambanan Temple complex, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Moment: Scott Morrison mentions about EAM Jaishankar while speaking on West Asia conflict #ScottMorrison #PMModi #NarendraModi #Australia #IndiaAustralia #ModiInAustralia #AustraliaIndiaRelations #Melbourne #Diplomacy #IndiaAustraliaPartnership #BilateralTies ... Show more
Key FactsAustralia Approves Uranium Export Deal with India
Jul 9, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: nine.com.au
- Prime Ministers Albanese and Modi finalized the uranium export agreement in Melbourne to boost bilateral trade.
- The 2014 deal was revived after India pledged to use uranium solely for peaceful purposes under international oversight.
- Australia ranks as the world’s fourth-largest uranium producer, earning $1.19 billion in exports in 2023-24.
- This deal enhances cooperation and supports India’s ambitions for expanding clean energy capacity.
This will pave the way for uranium supplies from Australia to India and give our clean energy objectives fresh momentum.— Narendra Modi, Indian Prime Minister, saying this after signing the uranium deal in Melbourne.
The perils of a holiday when you're in a leadership position: For Australian politicians, Scott Morrison's ill-fated Hawaii vacation in December 2019 ...
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'Quad Needs More Indo In The Indo-Pacific Agenda': Scott Morrison
‘Disaster’: ScoMo admits huge Covid mistake: Scott Morrison has admitted a “massive mistake” during Covid that contributed to the Liberals’ election loss to ...
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“Leadership in the Global South...” Former Australian PM Scott Morrison’s all praise for PM Modi #ScottMorrison #Australia #USIran #Iran #UnitedStates #PeaceDeal #MiddleEast #Diplomacy #Geopolitics #InternationalRelations
Scott Morrison backs new AUKUS plan, urges Australia not to ‘surrender’ to doubt: The Defence Department boss, navy chief and senior ministers said it was always ...
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Jillian Segal hired former Scott Morrison adviser on $200,000 contract without public tender process
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Scott Morrison joins historic bronze collection in avenue of honour: A thinner ex-PM cracks jokes as his bust is revealed, making him the 30th Australian leader ...
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Richard Jones pleads guilty to sexual assault at Horizon church: EXCLUSIVE
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OpinionThe budget was meant to be about fairness. So why are young people still paying $52,000 for a degree?
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‘Can’t be trusted’: Reckless, improper conduct should rule former top official out for life
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Breaking: Robodebt probe clears former PM but finds two people engaged in corrupt conduct
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After nearly three years, the robodebt report’s secret chapter has been unsealed. What does it reveal?
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Australia politics live: Matt Canavan elected as Nationals leader; Nacc’s robodebt report clears Scott Morrison
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OpinionAlbanese’s ‘difficult’ moment with Grace Tame: in one dumb word he summoned the spectre of Scott Morrison
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Should Labor have its own reshuffle?: In the past few days, in a series of largely ignored milestones overshadowed by news of Angus Taylor's new frontbench ...
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‘People were hungry’: How Tony Abbott’s book became a $2 million cash cow: Former prime minister Tony Abbott’s book on Australian history has been an ...
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‘Reckless’: ScoMo’s Muslim proposal slammed: Scott Morrison’s incendiary claim about the Bondi terror attack has been condemned by a peak Islamic body ...
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Liberal frontbencher Andrew Bragg says accrediting or registering Muslim preachers is a "worthwhile discussion to have" in the wake of the Bondi ... Show more
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He didn’t hold a hose, but Morrison’s still happy to fan the flames: An incendiary speech by former prime minister Scott Morrison has reminded us that when it ...
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William’s latest act truly last straw for Aus: OPINIONDear Prince William,
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The Liberals need to reflect on who they are: The infighting in the Coalition is causing readers to ask, what do the Nationals and Liberals stand for?
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Morrison: We allowed antisemitism to fester
Former Australian PM Scott Morrison says Western societies have "allowed a casualness" toward ... Show more
ScoMo’s China blues comes back to bite our beef sector: Fresh Chinese tariffs have handed beef producers like Gina Rinehart a fizzer of a New Year ...
theage.com.au/business/companies/scomo-s-china-blues-comes-back-to-bite-our-beef-sector-20260105-p5nrpd.html
From bird-dogging to undorsing, political pollywaffle has hit a new peak: The Canberra glossary keeps expanding.
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ScoMo hits out as legend axed by ABC: ABC’s decision to remove Australian cricket legend Glenn McGrath from his commentary duties over his connections with ...
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British backpackers head to Australia in record breaking numbers to escape UK: Australia is handing out record numbers of visas to young backpackers and Brits ...
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Backpacker boom: Brits lead surge in working holiday visas: Australia is issuing a record number of working holiday visas, with UK backpackers taking advantage ...
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The Libs are heading for less than (net) zero: Every Liberal Party leader since Tony Abbott has been felled by the issue of climate action ...
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Net zero by 2050 ‘just ideology’: Scott Morrison: The former prime minister, who signed the Coalition up to net zero by 2050, has now declared the promise bad ...
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Coalition MPs battle to stay on message as Ley’s T-shirt attack dominates attention
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Former diplomat Lachlan Strahan shares insider's take on Solomon Islands-China deal in memoir
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‘Free the thigh’ campaign stuns Aussies: The weather is well and truly heating up as Australia shifts gears into summer and one brand is encouraging Aussies to ...
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‘Get on with the job’: Morrison urges action on turning AUKUS plan into reality as sub production lags
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Forget AUKUS, this was the Kevin Rudd mortification show: After all the toadying needed to get an Australian PM into the White House, something always goes ...
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Scott Morrison says Trump deserves a Nobel prize if president’s Gaza peace plan works
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Albo spotted on secret overseas getaway: Anthony Albanese and his bride-to-be Jodie Haydon have snuck out of the country for a 7-day tropical holiday ...
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Anthony Albanese, Sussan Ley and Scott Morrison’s private phone numbers exposed on US marketing databases
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Key FactsPoliticians’ Contact Details Found in US Marketing Databases
Oct 14, 2025 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: theguardian.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: theguardian.com
- Guardian Australia verified published phone numbers that currently or previously belonged to Anthony Albanese, Sussan Ley, Scott Morrison and Jason Clare.
- The Guardian found similar records with contact details for federal politicians and staff on a second US website.
- The AFP is seeking removal of Albanese’s personal number and promised swift action against legal breaches.
- Federal political sources believed the issue was not related to a data leak or breach.
Ex-Australian PM says Taiwan's fate crucial to global security - Focus Taiwan: Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned Wednesday that the world ...
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Former Australian PM Scott Morrison to speak at Taipei security forum - Focus Taiwan
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Labor’s net zero plan feels like a ScoMo 2.0 climate target playbook: The Coalition government tried a “technology not taxes approach” that made similar ...
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‘Worst public policy of the century’ faces probe: Scott Morrison’s GST deal to keep West Australians happy has been the biggest hit to the budget this century ...
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Albanese scoffed at Morrison's secrecy. Then he copied it: When he lashed Scott Morrison over the multiple ministries affair, Anthony Albanese said his ...
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese insists Hamas could be excluded from any Palestinian state
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Key FactsAlbanese Rebukes Netanyahu Over Gaza Crisis
Aug 12, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: theguardian.com
- Anthony Albanese accused Benjamin Netanyahu of denying the humanitarian impact of the Gaza conflict after a phone call.
- Australia’s recognition of a Palestinian state depends on conditions set by the Palestinian Authority, excluding Hamas governance.
- France supports Australia’s move as part of global efforts to revive the two-state peace process.
- Opposition parties in Australia strongly oppose the recognition and have pledged to reverse it if elected.
Fifty of our hostages remain in Hamas’s dungeons of torture, being starved to death – being forced to dig their own graves – yet the Australian government has decided now is the right time to reward the monsters of October 7 with recognition of a Palestinian state.— Sharren Haskel, Israel’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, commented on the Australian government's decision.
Howard paved the way for Abbott, Morrison and the Liberal Party's 'women problem'
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China punished Australia's loyalty to America, Scott Morrison tells US Congress committee
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Key FactsMorrison Highlights China's Economic Coercion Tactics
Jul 24, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: abc.net.au
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: abc.net.au
- Scott Morrison testified before a US congressional committee that China economically punished Australia for its loyalty to the United States.
- After Australia’s 2022 election, China shifted to a strategy of charm and influence to weaken US-Australian ties in the region.
- Morrison stressed the importance of strengthening economic and security alliances to build resilience against China’s coercion.
- Experts called for an anti-coercion coalition among democracies, similar to NATO, to provide mutual defense against trade threats.
The pain of what was done, particularly to our wine industry, was real.— Scott Morrison discussing the impact of China's trade restrictions on Australia's wine industry.
Turn AUKUS shipyard into joint naval base with the US, Morrison urges: The former prime minister, who signed Australia up to AUKUS in 2021, said the Trump ...
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Coalition is wedging itself on climate crisis with net zero debate, warns Liberal MP in Scott Morrison’s former seat
theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/01/liberal-mp-simon-kennedy-warns-coalition-over-net-zero-debate-backlash
Secretive Albanese government goes backward on transparency: Labor refused freedom of information requests in its first term more often than the Morrison ...
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Australia news LIVE: US beef ban lifted after Trump demands; Morrison tells US Congress Australia ‘going to sleep’ on China threat; top court makes key climate ...
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Ex-Australian PM Morrison to testify before US House panel on China: Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will testify at a U.S. House panel hearing ...
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Watch 9News Latest Stories - Season 2025 - Scott Morrison faces U.S. Congress | 9Now
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Majority suffer due to idiocy of the few: Readers differ over whether e-bikes are life affirming or a fire risk.
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Albanese is in China and Morrison is in his head: Readers discuss Victorian roads and those who will drive on them.
theage.com.au/national/victoria/albanese-is-in-china-and-morrison-is-in-his-head-20250718-p5mg1s.html
Your cooking looks disgusting. Please, never stop posting it on Instagram: In a world of micromanaged social media posts, the slop being served up and shared ...
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