Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison in 2019

Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1968) is an Australian politician who served as the 30th prime minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022. He also allegedly shat himself in a McDonald’s.

Quotes

• Bitterness can often produce all sorts of slings and arrows and attacks. I know where they've come from. And bitterness can always produce this. I've been around politics a long time, and people, when they've had disappointments, whether they be in preselections or in decisions, can often remain bitter for many, many years.
  • "Press Conference" (3 April 2022)

• Ukraine and Australia are separated by half the Earth. Our languages, accents, histories and cultures are different, but we share an affinity for democracy, for freedom, freedom of speech, expression and a free press. For the right to live free of coercion, intimidation and the brute fist of force. And a belief in our shared human dignity.
  • Ministerial Statement: His Excellency Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy (31 March 2022)

• I did not shit myself in Endagine McDonalds.
  • [1] (4 September 2020)

• We face the spectre of a transactional world, devoid of principle, accountability and transparency, where state sovereignty, territorial integrity and liberty are surrendered for respite from coercion and intimidation, or economic entrapment dressed up as economic reward. This is not a world we want - for us, our neighbours or our region. It’s certainly not a world we want for our children.

• None of us want conflict. We want peace and stability. But nor do we want the very world order that underpins our freedoms to be eroded for fear of giving offence, in the vain hope that concessions will ameliorate the determination of those who seek to intimidate and coerce.
  • "An Address by Prime Minister Scott Morrison" (7 March 2022)

• The Indo-Pacific is where we live. It is where we have our greatest influence and can make the most meaningful impact and contribution. It is the region that will continue to shape our prosperity, security and destiny. It is the region where, together with our allies, and especially the United States, our people made great sacrifices when our peace was threatened.
  • "Address to Asialink “Where we live”" (26 June 2019)

• My family story is not uncommon in our country. Australians quietly going about their lives with simple, decent, honest aspirations. Get an education. Get a job. Start a business. Take responsibility for yourself, support others. Work hard. Deal with whatever challenges come your way.
  • "Election Speech" (12 May 2019)

• We know that if we can support developing economies to embrace and use the technologies that achieve net zero emissions, and see their economies grow and increase their jobs, that is not only wonderful for those economies and their peoples, but it also is good for Australia. We know that their success will also be our success.
  • "Virtual Remarks to the UN General Assembly" (24 September 2021)

• We must respect and harness the passion and aspiration of our younger generations, we must guard against others who would seek to compound or, worse, facelessly exploit their anxiety for their own agendas. We must similarly not allow their concerns to be dismissed or diminished as this can also increase their anxiety. What parent could do otherwise? Our children have a right not just to their future but to their optimism.
  • "National Statement to the United Nations General Assembly" (25 September 2019)

• As a liberal democracy, we’re also committed to promoting universal values like human rights, gender equality and the rule of law. We’ve always believed in these values, it’s what makes us who we are.
  • " Our Common Hope, UN General Assembly National Statement" (26 September 2020)

• I don't hold a hose, mate.
  • " Radio Interview with John Stanley, 2GB" (20 December 2019)

• That's not my job.
  • Said in reply to journalists on multiple occasions, indicating that the action in question is outside the scope or powers of the Prime Minister's office. The opposition Labour Party ran a notable election advertising campaign in 2022 that featured a montage of these moments.
  • Nadine von Cohen (22 April 2021). The long, long, long list of all the times that Scott Morrison has said ‘It’s" not my job’ The New Daily.
  • Jack Mahoney (11 May 2022). Liberal Party hits back at Labor’s election advertisement which shows Scott Morrison repeatedly saying that's ‘not my job’" Sky News

• This is coal. Don't be afraid. Don't be scared. It won't hurt you.
  • In 2017, then-Treasurer Morrison famously used a large lump of coal, donated by the Minerals Council of Australia, as a prop for a speech during Parliament question time, accusing the opposition of "coalophobia".
  • "House of Representatives Official Hansard No. 1, 2017 Thursday, 9 February 2017 FORTY-FIFTH PARLIAMENT FIRST SESSION—SECOND PERIOD", p. 536.
  • Chris Hamilton (15 February 2017), "That lump of coal" The Conversation.
  • Carolyn Kormann (January 2020). "When will Australia's prime minister accept the reality of the climate crisis?" The New Yorker.
  • In 2021, then-opposition spokesperson for climate change and energy, Chris Bowen, paraphrased Morrison's "lump of coal" speech, using a solar panel as a prop. Michael Mazengarb (16 June 2021), "‘This is renewable energy, don’t be afraid:’ Chris Bowen taunts Coalition in House of Reps" Renew Economy.

Quotes About

• Morrison is a horrible horrible person.
  • " Texts between Gladys Berejiklian and an unnamed Federal Cabinet Minister leaked to Peter van Onselen" 1 February 2022

• these children are ready to deliver their moral verdict on the people and institutions who knew all about the dangerous, depleted world they would inherit and yet chose not to act. They know what they think of Donald Trump in the United States and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and Scott Morrison in Australia and all the other leaders who torch the planet with defiant glee while denying science so basic that these kids could grasp it easily at age eight.
  • Naomi Klein On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal (2019)

• Heads of state, people in power, were there face to face with Morrison, imploring Australia to care that their nations might disappear soon-and he flat out refused. Instead, he chose to perpetuate the ongoing imbalance of emissions that has led to the current injustice, with those who did the least to create the crisis bearing the worst burden.
  • Thelma Young Lutunatabua in Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility (2023)

• One piece of good news is that, in the May 2022 Australian elections, Scott Morrison and all his coal-loving friends lost their seats in government, largely due to waves of organized people frustrated with climate inaction.
  • Thelma Young Lutunatabua in Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility (2023)