Tag: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Canberra: Members of newly-appointed Australian prime Minister Scott Morrison’s cabinet were sworn in on Tuesday after an internal dispute of the ruling Liberal Party that led to a change in its leadership and the head of the government. The ceremony took place in the presence of Morrison before Governor-General Peter Cosgrove, the representative of Queen […]

Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Thursday that the country will hold the coming general elections on May 18, in a vote that could deliver a seventh leader in just over a decade. Morrison, a former Tourism Australia director, and his centre-right Liberal National Coalition government are seeking re-election on a platform of […]

Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday established a National Bushfire Recovery Agency to co-ordinate recovery efforts ranging from rebuilding infrastructure to providing mental health support even as authorities struggled to tackle the raging bushfire crisis which has so far claimed the lives of 24 people. The agency, headed by former federal police chief […]

Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday said the death toll from the country’s bushfire crisis has risen to 27. Morrison provided an update on the bushfires in a press conference at Parliament House, announcing that 2,131 homes have been destroyed and the toll is expected to rise, Xinhua reported. Fire burning across Australia’s southeast […]

Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday acknowledged that his government had made mistakes in handling the destructive bushfires sweeping the country and for which he has received heavy criticism. “There are things I could have handled on the ground much better,” Efe news quoted Morrison as saying in an interview on the state broadcaster […]