Scott Morrison named Companion of the Order of Australia, prompting swift backlash

Published Jun 10, 2025, 3:00 AM

Former prime minister Scott Morrison has received Australia’s most prestigious civilian award in the King’s Birthday Honours, prompting swift backlash.

Across fifty years of our awards system, every former Prime Minister has been offered our most prestigious civilian gone Keating turned down his companion of the Order of Australia Rudd, delayed his but eventually took it. Now the newest PM turned ac is in the middle of a very unceremonial outcry. Who put his name up? Who put him up for an award? For God's sake? For nine years, Jennifer Miller has chased justice for San Rhyese Carso, who took his life as debt collectors chased him, claiming he owes centerling thousands. A robodebt Royal Commission would blast Scott Morrison and others who oversaw the scheme. Jennifer Miller astonished when she saw the awards.

List, very angry.

It's a slap in the face for all of us, as she backs an online petition.

Look, I think Scott Morrison should give it back.

Others question the Morrison government's pandemic management.

And it's an insult to people and small businesses that were shut down during the lockdown. We were hit with pretty much every crisis you can imagine.

Besieged by critics Scott Morrison applauds the Australian people.

Through all of this, Australians were just incredible and the one assumption I made is that's how they would be.

As one old Morrison rival hinted, maybe the AC doesn't belong in politics. I think it should be concentrated on those who have worked for nothing. Tim Lester seven News