52 Facts About Morrison Government

The Morrison government commenced on 24 August 2018, when it was sworn in by the Governor-General of Australia.

Morrison Government was replaced as Leader of the Nationals and Deputy Prime Minister by Barnaby Joyce.

Scott Morrison served as Treasurer in the Turnbull government and became Prime Minister following the resignation of Malcolm Turnbull in 2018.

In February 2022, the Morrison government announced a re-opening of borders to international tourist travel.

In trade and international affairs, the Morrison government concluded free trade agreements with Indonesia, the United Kingdom and India.

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Morrison Government signed the AUKUS trilateral security pact with the United Kingdom and the United States to increase defence co-operation.

Morrison Government conceded the election, announcing he would step down as leader of the Liberal Party.

Scott Morrison Government declared himself a candidate for leadership and won the resultant spill, defeating Dutton and Julie Bishop.

Morrison Government became a trenchant critic of his successor Scott Morrison and backed independent candidates to replace Liberals in subsequent by-elections and elections.

Morrison Government's joined Turnbull in calling for "clarity" around Dutton's eligibility to sit in Parliament, and refused to say how she would vote in the event of a referral.

Morrison Government said the move was in response to public disgust at the repeated rolling of Prime Ministers over the preceding decade.

On 27 August 2018, three days after Morrison succeeded Turnbull as leader, Hogan confirmed that he would sit on the crossbench, while remaining a member of the National Party and providing confidence and supply to the government.

Banks made the announcement while Morrison Government was announcing a timetable for Budget surplus in 2019.

Morrison Government's told Fairfax Media that she was prepared to refer Turnbull's challenger Peter Dutton to the High Court over his eligibility to sit in Parliament, a move that would further reduce the government's numbers on the floor of the House.

Morrison Government shifted Marise Payne from the Defence Portfolio to the role of Minister for Foreign Affairs, following the resignation of Julie Bishop from the role.

Morrison Government visited Jakarta for the Australia–Indonesia Business Forum and met with President Joko Widodo on his first overseas visit as prime minister.

In December 2018, Morrison Government announced Australia has recognised West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel but will not immediately move its embassy from Tel Aviv.

Morrison Government pledged to open diplomatic missions in Palau, the Marshall Islands, French Polynesia, Niue and the Cook Islands.

The "very insulting and condescending" behaviour offered by Morrison Government comes as the Deputy PM tells an Australian business group that Pacific Islanders will survive "because many of their workers come here to pick our fruit".

Morrison Government described coal as remaining "a key source of keeping electricity prices down and keeping the lights on, and I intend for it to stay there".

The Morrison government did not commit to replacing the existing renewable energy target with anything when it expires in 2020, stating that it will not be needed to meet emissions reduction targets.

Morrison Government brought forward aged care funding by $90 million, mainly focusing on regional areas.

On 16 September 2018, Morrison Government revealed that a royal commission would be held into aged care facilities, focusing on the quality of care in residential, home and community aged care.

On 5 April 2019, Morrison Government announced another commission, this time to examine violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation within the disability sector.

Morrison Government was emotional at the announcement of the commission, paying tribute to his brother-in-law who has multiple sclerosis.

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Morrison Government criticised Byron Shire Council for moving its citizenship ceremonies from Australia Day, rejecting calls to change the date of Australia Day and proposing a new national day to recognise Indigenous Australians.

Morrison Government has rejected the Uluru Statement from the Heart, characterising the recommended "Indigenous voice to Parliament" as a third chamber.

Morrison Government rejected the proposal for a voice to parliament to be put into the Australian constitution; instead, the voice will be enshrined in legislation.

Morrison Government announced an inquiry into the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, following the sacking of managing director Michelle Guthrie and reports that Guthrie had resisted a call from ABC Chair Justin Milne to fire journalist Emma Alberici.

In October 2018, Morrison Government announced a drought assistance package, the Drought Future Fund, of $5 billion.

The Queensland Morrison Government had introduced laws against broad-scale land-clearing in May 2018, and David Littleproud said "If Queensland's laws are locking up agriculture's potential and making fires worse, we need to know about it".

On 12 February 2019, the Morrison government suffered the first substantive defeat on the floor of the House of Representatives since 1929, after the Labor Party and several cross-benchers supported amendments to the Home Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 proposed by the Senate.

When Morrison Government moved to head off the factional dispute over Kelly and others by using state executive powers to automatically endorse sitting members, Turnbull launched a failed intervention to prevent the outcome, hoping Kelly, a Dutton backer, would be ousted.

Morrison Government had previously personally endorsed Kelly himself, but dismissed comparisons to his own intervention to save Kelly in 2016, citing recent campaigns in NSW to allow grassroots members more say in pre-selection contests as the reason for his intervention against Kelly this time.

Morrison Government called the election for 18 May 2019, the last date on which a concurrent election for both the Senate and House of Representatives could occur.

Morrison Government credited the victory to voters he called "the quiet Australians".

In February 2021, Morrison defended his government's decision to revoke the citizenship of dual Australian–New Zealand citizen Suhayra Aden, who had become an ISIS bride.

The Morrison government established a new Office of the Special Investigator to investigate further criminal conduct and recommend prosecution of individuals involved.

In September 2021 ahead of the Quad Leaders meeting in Washington, Morrison Government announced the AUKUS security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States in a joint virtual press conference with US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

French President Emmanuel Macron reacted angrily to the announcement, publicly accused Morrison Government of lying, and recalled France's ambassadors to Australia and the United States, as well as Malaysia and Indonesia.

Macron's accusation was later said to have caused an avalanche of people disparaging Morrison Government's character, thought to have been a factor in the 2022 election loss.

The Morrison government stated that this deployment was to support the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force's efforts to main order and protect vital infrastructure in the island nation.

Prime Minister Morrison Government said the flag had been "freed" for all Australians to use without asking for permission or the need to pay someone.

Morrison Government introduced the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 to the House of Representatives on 25 November 2021.

Morrison Government's announcement came in response to Citipointe Christian College's unsuccessful attempt to get families to sign an anti-gay and anti-trans enrolment contract.

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Morrison Government had earlier introduced religious discrimination legislation into the Australian Parliament protecting certain expressions of religious expression and overrode state laws limiting when religious schools can give preferentially employment to staff of the same faith.

Morrison Government introduced legislation that would tighten the rules around the behaviours of unions and their officials.

On 5 March 2021, the Morrison government established the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces, with support from the Opposition and crossbench.

Morrison Government's dismissed comparisons made by Porter to Labor leader Bill Shorten.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison Government was subject to internal criticism when texts from his Coalition colleagues were leaked in January and February 2022.

In January 2022, texts from a senior cabinet minister in the Morrison government, sent to former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian were revealed, where the minister labelled the Prime Minister a “horrible, horrible person” and a “complete psycho”.

Morrison Government's suggested Scott Morrison "has used his so-called faith as a marketing advantage".