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Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, standing at rear, speaks during a censure motion against him in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Morrison has listed his achievements in government including standing up to a &quot;bullying&quot; China as he unsuccessfully argued against being censured by the Parliament for secretly amassing multiple ministerial powers. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australian Parliament censures former prime minister

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, announcing that the government will launch a wide-ranging inquiry aimed at preventing a prime minister from secretly amassing new ministerial powers. Albanese's predecessor Scott Morrison has been widely criticized over recent revelations that he had secretly appointed himself to five ministerial roles between March 2020 and May 2021, usually without the knowledge of the original minister. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia to prevent prime ministers gaining secret powers

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hugs his daughters Lily and Abbey at a Liberal Party function in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, May 21, 2022. Morrison has conceded defeat and has confirmed that he would hand over the leadership of the Liberal Party following his party's loss to Labor in today's federal election. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Australia PM Morrison defends record despite election loss

By Trevor Marshallsea - Associated Press

A man impersonating North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un arrives as Prime Minister Scott Morrison leaves Extel Technologies manufacturing facility on Day 33 of the 2022 federal election campaign, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, May 13, 2022. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Kim Jong Un lookalike disrupts Australian election campaign

Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference after visiting a steel fabrication company in Townsville, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The opposition Labor Party has criticized Morrison's conservative government over a security pact announced last week between China and the Solomon Islands. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia’s prime minister warns against growing Chinese influence in the region

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after defeating Russia's Andrey Rublev during their ATP World Tour Finals singles tennis match, at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) **FILE**

Djokovic denied entry to Australia, has visa canceled

By John Pye - Associated Press

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference in Canberra, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. Morrison has described social media as a &quot;coward's palace&quot; and warned digital platforms such as Facebook could be held liable for defamatory comments posted anonymously. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia wants Facebook held liable for anonymous comments

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison discusses travel restrictions during a press conference in Canberra, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. Australia has outlined plans to lift its pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens traveling overseas from November, but no date has yet been set for welcoming international tourists back. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia won’t welcome foreign tourists until at least 2022

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

President Joe Biden meets with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Intercontinental Barclay Hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden, Australian prime minister dodge questions about submarine deal

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Washington Wizards' Bradley Beal (3) gets a celebratory handshake from assistant coach Sam Cassell after Beal scores a late basket against the Phoenix Suns during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in Phoenix. The Wizards defeated the Suns 101-95. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) **FILE**

Wizards’ ‘patient’ coaching search beginning to take shape

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 2, 2014, file photo, gasses billow from chimneys at a steel factory in Port Kembla, south of Sydney. Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, proposed spending an additional 539 million Australian dollars ($417 million) on hydrogen and carbon sequestration projects in an announcement that bolsters his government's green credentials ahead of a climate summit to be hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

Australia plans to spend $417M on hydrogen, carbon capture

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australia PM wants more women in politics after new scandal

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Morrison said Australian government is ramping up its COVID-19 vaccination support for Papua New Guinea in a bid to contain a concerning wave of infections in a near-neighbor. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia gives COVID-19 shots to virus-hit Papua New Guinea

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Police won’t charge Australian minister accused of rape

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media in Sydney, Monday, March 1, 2021. Morrison stood by an unnamed Cabinet minister against calls for him to step down from office over an allegation that he raped a 16-year-old girl more than 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australian prime minister stands by minister accused of rape

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference to discuss sexual assault allegations against a male staffer at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Morrison apologized to a former government staffer who alleged she was raped by a colleague in a minister's office two years ago. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australian PM apologizes to ex-staffer alleging rape at work

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Morrison says he has used his first telephone conversation with U.S. President Joe Biden to invite the new American leader Down Under this year to mark the 70th anniversary of a bilateral defense treaty. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australian prime minister says he invited Biden Down Under

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

This Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) **FILE**

Australian prime minister says Bing could replace Google

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this May 19, 2017 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he has been in self imposed exile since 2012. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Julian Assange ‘free to return home’ if U.S. loses appeal: Australian PM

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2020, file photo, pedestrians walk past Pfizer world headquarters in New York. A U.S. government advisory panel convened on Thursday, Dec. 10, to decide whether to endorse mass use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to help conquer the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Australia won’t rush Pfizer after homegrown vaccine canned

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press