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Spotlight: Who is Scott Morrison?

Dec 20, 2022 •

After years in public life, Scott Morrison can still seem hollow and one-dimensional. According to his biographer, this is deliberate.

But with the election now running, Morrison faces one of the strange truisms of politics: that what helped him win last time could be what costs him victory this time.

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Spotlight: Who is Scott Morrison?

848 • Dec 20, 2022

Spotlight: Who is Scott Morrison?

Months after he lost the Prime Ministership, it’s still hard to get a handle on who Scott Morrison was. If anything, the secret ministries saga has only raised more questions about what drives him, what his values are and who he really is.

After years in public life, Scott Morrison can still seem hollow and one-dimensional. According to his biographer, Sean Kelly, this is deliberate.

That’s why we’re running this profile of Morrison from April this year.

Today, Sean Kelly, author of The Game: A portrait of Scott Morrison, on what we know about Scott Morrison.

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