News about Scott Morrison

China, Australia's biggest trading partner, is tipped to suffer the most severe economic slowdown in almost 50 years. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed what it means for government revenue ahead of the May Budget. 'If that happens that will be the slowest period of economic growth in China since they started opening up in the late 1970s,' he said.

Australian Hollywood movie star and Cronulla tragic Brendan Cowell has slammed former Prime Minister Scott Morrison for faking his love of rugby league and fooling NRL fans. Last month, Morrison handed back the No.1 ticket holder status gifted to him by the Cronulla Sharks, with the NRL club making the announcement to fans in brutal fashion. Morrison was given the honorary title while serving as treasurer in 2016, the same year the Sharks delivered long-suffering fans a maiden NRL premiership.

Labor has now reached an agreement on whether or not to contest Scott Morrison's Cook's seat, owing to his departure from parliament ahead of the by-election on April 13. It's one of the country's safest seats, with Mr Morrison winning 56% of the primary votes in the May 2022 election.

Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been stripped of the No.1 ticket holder status given to him by the Cronulla Sharks, with the NRL club announcing the news to followers in a bruticious manner.

In a move likely to offend many of his Liberal and National colleagues, a maverick senator has requested that a significant property tax break be amended. Senator Gerard Rennick (left with his wife Lauren) said he would keep removing the 50% capital gains tax discount as long as negative gearing remains unchanged (right, a house for sale).

Consultant Simon Kennedy will replace Scott Morrison as a candidate for Cook's federal seat. On Monday night, Mr Kennedy gained Liberal Party pre-selection over Sutherland Shire Mayor Carmelo Pesce, and he will contest the southern Sydney seat in a by-election triggered by the former prime minister's resignation.

Dr Nick Coatsworth (pictured left), who led Australia's response to Covid, claims that draconian pandemic precautions went for far too long, and vaccine mandates should only be a 'last resort.' In a 10-page submission to the special commission of inquiry into the pandemic, the former deputy chief medical officer said the group believes' and exhaustion resulted in poor Covid responses. He also requested that pandemic powers be stripped from the states, having previously criticized Victoria's tougher steps under then Labor Prime Minister Dan Andrews (pictured right).

Dr Nick Coatsworth, one of Australia's top medical experts, isn't holding back in his scathing review into the major mistakes made during Covid.

Scott Morrison has delivered an emotional farewell address as he hangs up his political boots nearly two years after losing the federal election. When he delivered on a promise to his daughters, Lily and Abby, the former Prime Minister earned some chuckles from the audience and his colleagues. Mr Morrison attempted to insert as many references to the popstar's music in his address as he could with a 'ScoMo' friendship bracelet on his wrist from his latest appearance at the Taylor Swift concert.

At the concert on the ground level of Accor Stadium with his wife Jenny and daughters Lily and Abbey, the former prime minister posted a snapshot of himself dressed in pink. Mr Morrison's third appearance at a Swift concert this year after she has seen her tour her Reputation and 1989 albums in previous years. Rita Ora, Katy Perry, current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and Travis Kelce were among the crowd's notable faces on Swift's first night in Sydney.

As a militant building union negotiates $120,000 for traffic controllers on road and rail projects, a Labor Party operative has described Australians who work at a desk as "less important." The blunt warning from Kos Samaras, a Labour-aligned pollster who is now the head of the RedBridge Group, sparked a split in his left-wing social media followers.

Thousands of people have been told by Scott Morrison that some Palestinian supporters chanting words like "from the river to the sea" are 'ignorant' of the meaning of those words and are anti-Semitic. Following the September 7 attack on Israel, the former prime minister suggested there were instances of anti-Semitism in Australia rather than support for Israel. "We have seen those living under the freedom of democracy in this region call for the extinction of the State of Israel from the river to the sea, rather than providing assistance.'

The 45-year-old women's officer watched him slumber away in Opposition for two years before he assumed office, helping him through the highest of highs and several low points during their four-year relationship. She brought her own strong political views about taxation, superannuation, and women's rights in particular, but she promised not to become political or attempt to sway him early in the process. The couple married in 2020, at a time when Mr Albanese was recovering from a bruising - and unexpected - divorce. Ms Haydon has revealed their participation as the country's 'First Lady,' four years on as the PM rides a political high with his popular Stage Three tax reforms.

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An ex-Australian Prime Minister has made the dramatic difference between US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump. During a candid sit-down interview in which he discussed the different ways Mr Biden and Mr Trump conducted as presidents, the former king spoke about it.

In the Supreme Court of Western Australia, the former defence minister is fighting British Higgins and her fiancé David Sharaz for defamation because of social media posts. Since being paid $2.4 million in taxes, Ms Higgins' assets have been frozen. Ms Reynolds has revealed that she plans to resign if her term in the Senate comes to an end in June 2025.

After suffering a bizarre incident, Annastacia Palaszczuk was seen relaxing and rejuvenating on the balcony of her surgeon boyfriend's apartment. The former Queensland premier, 54, was admitted to hospital after she either fell on tiles or collapsed down stairs at her boyfriend Dr. Reza Adib's luxurious unit. However, her broken Achilles tend to be slowing down as she blasted about without the help of her moon boot on the weekend.

In a horrific crash in Oatlands, western Sydney, on February 1, 2020, three of Danny Abdallah's children and his niece were killed by a drunk and drugged up driver. Antony, 13, Angelina, 12, and their cousin Veronique Sakr 11, 11, went out to buy ice cream, but they never made it at home. Leila and Danny Abdallah are pictured left and right with their son Alex. Samuel Davidson, the Drunk driving killer, is inset.

During an emotional tribute outside Oatlands Golf Club, in Sydney's west, Leilah and Danny Abdallah paid their respect to their missing 'angels'. When they unveiled the sandstone plinths featuring each of their children's faces, Mr Abdallah thanked his heavily pregnant wife for being his "pillar of strength." Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as had his predecessor, Scott Morrison, Premier Chris Minns, and former Premier Dominic Peret, who have all spent time with the family following the tragedy.

In Treasury's latest Tax Expenditures and Insights Statement, the age group at which Australians will earn the highest salary in their working lives was revealed, but Australian employees will generally continue on low salaries until they are well into their thirties.

Peta Credlin has disclosed the tragic personal toll incurred by her tenure as the head of staff to former Prime Minister Tony Abbott (left). Credlin said "everything" was used against her to depose Mr Abbott, the former prime minister from 2013 to 2015, and the attacks became so underhanded that even those from both political parties came out to protest her disgust. 'I honestly don't know how I survived, and I mean literally; a big part of what kept my head together was never wanting the haters to succeed,' she wrote in her weekly column in The Australian on Thursday.

Michael Egan, the Labor treasurer under former Prime Minister Bob Carr from April 1995 to January 2005, was the Labor treasurer under former Prime Minister Robert Carr from April 1995 to January 2005. He presided over nine Budget surpluses and fought a losing battle against power privatization.

The consumer price index decreased by 4.3 percent year on year to December, down from 5.4 percent annually in September. This was the lowest headline inflation rate since December 2021, when it was at 3.5 percent following the lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne, but not before Russia's Ukraine invasion pushed up petrol prices.

Nemesis, an ABC documentary about the turbulent 2013-2022 Coalition government, is expected to reopen some old wounds with participants' views of each other - and Donald Trump - who openly expressed in sarcastic words. There are Liberal prime ministers in the country today, including Scott Morrison (pictured left), Malcolm Turnbull (pictured center), and Tony Abbott (pictured right). Although Mr Morrison and Mr Turnbull gave extensive interviews for the film, Mr Abbott refused to participate.