Scott Morrison
Scott Morrison is an Australian politician who served as prime minister and leader of the Liberal Party from 2018 to 2022.
COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: The COVID-19 pandemic and its public-health, economic, and social effects in Australia. Morrison’s government coordinated national pandemic policy, including border restrictions, vaccination, and economic support.
Liberal Party of Australia: A major Australian centre-right political party and one of the two principal parties in federal government. Morrison led the party from 2018 to 2022 and represented it as prime minister.
Peter Dutton: An Australian Liberal Party politician who held senior ministerial posts and became party leader in 2022. Dutton challenged Morrison’s leadership in 2018 and succeeded him as Liberal leader after the 2022 election.
2022 Australian federal election: Australia’s federal election held on 21 May 2022, which returned Labor to government after nearly nine years. Its result ended Morrison’s prime ministership and produced a substantial swing against the Coalition.
National Cabinet: An Australian intergovernmental forum formed in 2020 to coordinate responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Morrison established it to coordinate federal and state leaders during the pandemic.
Australian House of Representatives: The lower house of the Australian Parliament, whose members are elected from single-member electorates. Morrison entered federal politics as the member for Cook in 2007.
Josh Frydenberg: An Australian Liberal Party politician who served as treasurer from 2018 to 2022. Frydenberg was Morrison’s deputy in government and a central figure in its economic policy.
Australian Labor Party: A major Australian centre-left political party and the Liberal Party’s principal federal rival. Labor opposed Morrison’s Coalition government and won office under Anthony Albanese in 2022.
Australian bushfire season of 2019–20: A severe season of bushfires across Australia, marked by extensive damage and hazardous smoke. The fires intensified criticism of Morrison’s climate and emergency-response policies.
Tourism Australia: Australia’s national tourism agency, responsible for promoting the country to international visitors. Morrison led the agency before entering Parliament, drawing on his tourism-industry experience.