Treasurer Scott Morrison to become Australia's next prime minister

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Treasurer Scott Morrison to become Australia's next prime minister

 

Treasurer of Australia Scott Morrison arrives for a party meeting in Canberra, Australia August 24, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray/Pool

 

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Treasurer Scott Morrison will be Australia's new prime minister after winning a three-way battle for the leadership of the Liberal party on Friday, with incumbent Malcolm Turnbull not contesting the party ballot.

 

There were three contenders in the leadership vote: former home affairs minister Peter Dutton, who narrowly lost a leadership vote against Turnbull on Tuesday, Morrison and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

 

The Liberal party is the senior partner in the ruling conservative coalition that will face an election by May 2019. The Liberal-National government has consistently trailed the opposition Labor party in opinion polls.

 

If Turnbull resigns from parliament, he would leave the new government facing a by-election for his Sydney seat that could see it lose its one-seat majority. Turnbull said on Thursday he believed that former prime ministers are best out of the parliament.

 

(Reporting by Colin Packham; Editing by Michael Perry and Paul Tait)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-08-24

[4MyEgo]

6 Prime Ministers in 8 years, what a joke !

[4MyEgo]

Wasn't it Scott Morrison who layed his hand over the then PM's shoulder Malcolm Turnball declaring this is my Prime Minster, and the next day Morrison rolled him as PM, snakes in the grass, all of them !

 

[Chris Lawrence]

Another Coup. Petty there is no Paul Keating in the wings. He was always good for the gags he gave out. Good treasurer as well, got Hawk in the back.

[simple1]

1 minute ago, 4MyEgo said:

Wasn't it Scott Morrison who had his hand over the then PM's shoulder Malcolm Turnball saying I support Malcolm as PM 100% and the next day he is PM, snakes in the grass, all of them !

Turnbull had stated if today's spill vote didn't support him he would resign. Accordingly Morrison, Dutton and Bishop threw their hats in the ring. Thankfully the face of the hard right, Dutton, was rejected. 

[stud858]

Damn. I wanted Bishop. 

Tony was always a dream. 

 

[NanLaew]

42 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

6 Prime Ministers in 8 years, what a joke !

To put this in context, Crystal Palace have had 11 managers in 9 seasons.

[pegman]

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

6 Prime Ministers in 8 years, what a joke !

2019 could bring 7 in 9 years then.

[keith101]

Going from a smelly egg to a rotten egg Morrison will be a much worse Prime Minister than Turnball ever was i hope this ends in a fed election so these Liberal idiots get turfed out .

[4MyEgo]

16 minutes ago, pegman said:

2019 could bring 7 in 9 years then.

I would put money on that !

[4MyEgo]

1 hour ago, stud858 said:

Damn. I wanted Bishop. 

Tony was always a dream. 

 

The Black Widow, you have bad taste mate, she uglier than the lot of them put together.

[simple1]

13 minutes ago, keith101 said:

Going from a smelly egg to a rotten egg Morrison will be a much worse Prime Minister than Turnball ever was i hope this ends in a fed election so these Liberal idiots get turfed out .

Replaced by whom?

[stud858]

13 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

The Black Widow, you have bad taste mate, she uglier than the lot of them put together.

Nah. No 1 Grandmother I'd like to share a coffee with in my books

[mfd101]

45 minutes ago, keith101 said:

Going from a smelly egg to a rotten egg Morrison will be a much worse Prime Minister than Turnball ever was i hope this ends in a fed election so these Liberal idiots get turfed out .

He probably has more political nous than Turnbull turned out to have, and he's better positioned between left & right in the Liberal Party than Turnbull was so has a better chance of achieving some kind of at least public unity as they stagger towards the next election.

 

The question now is whether MT will actually resign his seat now (which is likely to precipitate either a switch by the GG to Shorten if he can assure a majority in the House, or an immediate (October) election). Places Cosgrove in a difficult position (shades of 1975). Still, this is his reward for being the Hero of Dili ...

[DoctorG]

I think ScoMo will do OK.

[zydeco]

How much Chicom money behind all this instability? 

[mfd101]

6 minutes ago, zydeco said:

How much Chicom money behind all this instability? 

None. Let's not get too paranoid!

 

[Aussieroaming]

What a joke. Australian politics devolve week by week and year on year. No wonder we are a third world nation with a dollar as strong as the peso.

[mfd101]

10 minutes ago, Aussieroaming said:

No wonder we are a third world nation with a dollar as strong as the peso.

And what a ridiculous exaggeration that is!

 

A country with a mere 25 million people but has the 12th or 13th largest economy in the world on nominal GDP or 19th/20th on PPP measurement, and it's a "third world nation"?

 

If you were living on pesos you'ld know all about it.

[Aussieroaming]

1 hour ago, mfd101 said:

And what a ridiculous exaggeration that is!

 

A country with a mere 25 million people but has the 12th or 13th largest economy in the world on nominal GDP or 19th/20th on PPP measurement, and it's a "third world nation"?

 

If you were living on pesos you'ld know all about it.

Compare the Australian GDP global contribution to Mexico, Brazil and Spain since the 1970's until now. All are pesos currencies and all are regularly ahead of Australia in regards to global gdp contribution. The Australian powerhouse contributes between 1.5 and 2 %, similar to the those mentioned above. As stated, Australian Peso. Sorry to deflate your fantasy about the dominant Australian Economy, but in world terms Australia is a minnow, like most nations.

[bristolboy]

15 minutes ago, Aussieroaming said:

Compare the Australian GDP global contribution to Mexico, Brazil and Spain since the 1970's until now. All are pesos currencies and all are regularly ahead of Australia in regards to global gdp contribution. The Australian powerhouse contributes between 1.5 and 2 %, similar to the those mentioned above. As stated, Australian Peso. Sorry to deflate your fantasy about the dominant Australian Economy, but in world terms Australia is a minnow, like most nations.

Except of course, that the numbers you cite are based on total contribution by each nation. This doesn't take into account that fact that all these nations have a much larger population than Australia. What counts is the per capita figures.

[mfd101]

18 minutes ago, Aussieroaming said:

Compare the Australian GDP global contribution to Mexico, Brazil and Spain since the 1970's until now. All are pesos currencies and all are regularly ahead of Australia in regards to global gdp contribution. The Australian powerhouse contributes between 1.5 and 2 %, similar to the those mentioned above. As stated, Australian Peso. Sorry to deflate your fantasy about the dominant Australian Economy, but in world terms Australia is a minnow, like most nations.

Spain (population 47 million) is 14th on nominal GDP measures; Mexico (130m) is 15th; Brazil (210m) is 8th/9th.

[car720]

6 hours ago, simple1 said:

Turnbull had stated if today's spill vote didn't support him he would resign. Accordingly Morrison, Dutton and Bishop threw their hats in the ring. Thankfully the face of the hard right, Dutton, was rejected. 

Thankfully.  That guy is bad news.

[car720]

So who the hell is this guy then?

Never heard of him before.

Not that I give a rat's anyway.  

[Aussieroaming]

1 hour ago, mfd101 said:

Spain (population 47 million) is 14th on nominal GDP measures; Mexico (130m) is 15th; Brazil (210m) is 8th/9th.

As I said, look at a long enough timeframe and these countries, including Australia trade positions.

[Aussieroaming]

1 hour ago, bristolboy said:

Except of course, that the numbers you cite are based on total contribution by each nation. This doesn't take into account that fact that all these nations have a much larger population than Australia. What counts is the per capita figures.

 Do you think that the rest of the world values your 1.5% more if you tell them you did it with less people, or are you trying to suggest that if you double your population then you will double your gdp. 

[bobbin]

As a Canadian I would say to my Australian cousins..

 

Speechless....

[rosst]

6 hours ago, DoctorG said:

I think ScoMo will do OK.

Let us hope he still has his border protection shirt on and he recinds that vile UN agreement on refugees. 

[bristolboy]

2 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

 Do you think that the rest of the world values your 1.5% more if you tell them you did it with less people, or are you trying to suggest that if you double your population then you will double your gdp. 

Yo're the one claiming that Australia is now a third world nation. By the criteria you propose

Switzerland at number 20 in gross GDP is even more of an economic basket case, whereas India at number 6 is a highly developed economy. Your contention is obviously and overwhelmingly false.

[Chris Lawrence]

12 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

The Black Widow, you have bad taste mate, she uglier than the lot of them put together.

In the 1980s, working under her married name Julie Gillon, Bishop was deeply involved in some of Slater & Gordon's biggest asbestos cases.

Lawyer Peter Gordon told Australian Doctor magazine in 2007: "We had to fight even for the right of dying cancer victims to get a speedy trial. I recall sitting in the WA Supreme Court in an interlocutory hearing for the test cases involving Wittenoom miners Mr Peter Heys and Mr Tim Barrow. CSR was represented by Ms Julie Bishop (then Julie Gillon). (She) was rhetorically asking the court why workers should be entitled to jump court queues just because they were dying." Samantha Maiden, The Sunday Telegraph November 18, 2012.

That's a bad taste in mouth from the Black Widow.