In the Market with Janet Parshall

Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison served as Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022, leading his nation through the most significant challenges Australia had faced since the Great Depression and the Second World War. Under Mr. Morrison’s national leadership, Australia delivered one of the most successful COVID-19 responses of any nation in the developed world, saving more than 30,000 lives, over 1 million jobs and 700,000 businesses. On the international stage, Mr. Morrison was the architect and founder of the landmark AUKUS trilateral defence agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States that secured coveted access to US nuclear submarine technology and was a founding member of the Quad Leaders Dialogue. He also he updated Australia’s defence strategy and security posture to address an increasingly assertive China. Domestically, Mr. Morrison stewarded the Australian economy to its lowest unemployment rate in almost 50 years while being one of only nine countries in the world to maintain a AAA credit rating from all major international credit rating agencies. Mr. Morrison was made a Chief Commander of the United States Legion of Merit for his leadership in addressing global challenges, was awarded the Jerusalem Prize by the World Zionist Organisation for services to the Australia-Israel relationship and the inaugural Grotius Prize by the UK Policy Exchange for his work and support of the international rules-based order.

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