30th and current Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Liberal Party since August 2018. He previously served in the Cabinet from 2013 to 2018, including as Treasurer of Australia. Morrison was first elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Cook in 2007. Ideologically, he identifies himself as a 'pragmatic conservative' though has lobbied in parliament for the coal industry and has surrounded himself with advisers from the fossil fuel industry and Murdoch's media empire.