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Scott Morrison

Prime Minister of Australia, 2018 to 2022

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Pursued the AUKUS submarine pact and tough border policy, and faced criticism over his response to the 2019 to 2020 bushfires.

Scott Morrison sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, leaning free market on economy and leaning traditional on culture.

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Where Scott Morrison sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Scott Morrison

Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada, 2006 to 201599%Santiago Peña President of Paraguay, 2023 to present99%Anwar Sadat President of Egypt, 1970 to 198199%Shinzo Abe Prime Minister of Japan, 2006 to 2007 and 2012 to 202099%Álvaro Uribe President of Colombia, 2002 to 201099%Kamla Persad-Bissessar Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, 2010 to 2015 and 2025 to present99%Nasry Asfura President of Honduras, 2026 to present99%John Howard Prime Minister of Australia, 1996 to 200799%

People furthest from Scott Morrison

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19403%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20065%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19805%Peter Kropotkin Russian anarchist and naturalist, 1842 to 19216%

Political views closest to Scott Morrison

Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.97%NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…96%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…96%FusionismBlends free-market and small-government ideas with traditional social values and a…96%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, CC BY 3.0 au, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.