List of nicknames of prime ministers of Australia

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This is a list of nicknames of prime ministers of Australia.

List of nicknames

Edmund Barton

Full name: Edmund Barton

• Toby Tosspot ^[1]

Alfred Deakin

Full name: Alfred Deakin

• Affable Alfred ^[2]

Chris Watson

Full name: John Christian Watson

George Reid

Full name: George Houston Reid

• Yes-No Reid in reference a long speech where he was unwilling to take a clear position on federation. ^[3]

Andrew Fisher

Full name: Andrew Fisher

Joseph Cook

Full name: Joseph Cook

Billy Hughes

Full name: William Morris Hughes

• The Little Digger
• The Rat Due to his support for conscription & defection from the Labor Party to the Liberal Party

Stanley Bruce

Full name: Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne

James Scullin

Full name: James Henry Scullin

Joseph Lyons

Full name: Joseph Aloysius Lyons

• Honest Joe

Earle Page

Full name: Earle Christmas Grafton Page

Robert Menzies

Full name: Robert Gordon Menzies

• Ming the Merciless ^[4]
• Pig iron Bob ^[5]

Arthur Fadden

Full name: Arthur William Fadden

• Artie

John Curtin

Full name: John Joseph Ambrose Curtin

• Bumble ^[6]

Frank Forde

Full name: Francis Michael Forde

Ben Chifley

Full name: Joseph Benedict Chifley

Harold Holt

Full name: Harold Edward Holt

John McEwen

Full name: John McEwen

• Black Jack ^[7]

John Gorton

Full name: John Grey Gorton

• Jolly John ^[8]

William McMahon

Full name: William McMahon

• Billy the Leak ^[9]
• Billy Liar ^[9]
• Billy Big Ears

Gough Whitlam

Full name: Edward Gough Whitlam

• The Young Brolga ^[10]
• Goughie^{[ citation needed ]}

Malcolm Fraser

Full name: John Malcolm Fraser

• The Prefect ^[11]

Bob Hawke

Full name: Robert James Lee Hawke

• The Silver Bodgie ^[2]
• Little Caesar ^[9]

Paul Keating

Full name: Paul John Keating

• The Mortician
• The Lizard of Oz ^[12]

John Howard

Full name: John Winston Howard

• Honest John
• Little Johnnie Howard ^[8]
• Mr 18% ^[13]

Kevin Rudd

Full name: Kevin Michael Rudd

• Kevin07 his campaign slogan for the 2007 election
• Krudd, a contraction of his name
• Milky Bar Kid in his likeness to Nestlé Milky Bar Kid
• Rudd the Dudd

Julia Gillard

Full name: Julia Eileen Gillard

• Ju-liar part of a campaign of character assassination led by Alan Jones ^[14]

Tony Abbott

Full name: Anthony John Abbott

• Mad monk ^[15]

Malcolm Turnbull

Full name: Malcolm Bligh Turnbull

• Mr Harbourside Mansion ^[16]
• Turncoat ^{[17] [18] [19] [20] [21]}

Scott Morrison

Full name: Scott John Morrison

• ScoMo ^{[22] [23]}
• Scummo as a further iteration of ScoMo.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Liar from the Shire ^{[24] [25]}
• Scotty from Marketing became a common nickname due to Morrison's perceived poor response to the 2019 Australian bushfires. ^{[26] [27]} It originated in an article on satirical web site The Betoota Advocate during the bushfires. ^{[28] [29]} The name is still used frequently, and refers to Morrison's previous roles as managing director of Tourism Australia from 2004 to 2006 and as the inaugural Director of the New Zealand Office of Tourism and Sport from 1998 to 2000. ^{[30] [31] [32]}

Anthony Albanese

Full name: Anthony Norman Albanese

• Albo ^{[33] [34]}
• Airbus Albo, due to his perceived propensity for overseas junketing. ^{[35] [36]}
• AnAl, contracting first and last names in the same manner as "ScoMo", vulgarity ensues. ^[37]
• Morrison-lite ^[38]
• OverEasy Albanese ^[39]

See also

• List of nicknames of prime ministers of Italy
• List of nicknames of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
• List of nicknames of presidents of the United States

References

1. "Edmund Barton". primeministers.naa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
2. corporatename:Old Parliament House, Executive Agency within the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio (19 June 2017). "Tosspot to Bodgie: Seven Prime Ministerial nicknames". Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
3. "Dictionary of Australian Biography R". gutenberg.net.au. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
4. "Tosspot to Bodgie: Seven Prime Ministerial nicknames". 19 June 2017.
5. "How did former Australian prime ministers get their nicknames?". ABC Radio. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
6. Library (Phone: [phone]), Curtin University of Technology (18 December 2002). "Bouncedown at Brunswick Football Club". john.curtin.edu.au. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
7. "John McEwen". primeministers.naa.gov.au. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
8. "From 'Toby Tosspot' to 'Mr Harbourside Mansion', personal insults are an Australian tradition". 28 June 2018.
9. "What's in a name?". The Monthly. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
10. "Gough Whitlam". National Archives of Australia. Australian Government. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023. was dubbed 'the young brolga' when he entered parliament, for his height (194cm) and imperious bearing
11. Oakes, Laurie (20 March 2015). "He was nothing if not consistent". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 21 December 2020.
12. Marshall, Nikki; Livsey, Anna (12 July 2017). "No hands, ma'am: Australian prime ministers meet the Queen – in pictures". The Guardian.
13. Henderson, Gerard (29 October 2002). "Caught in the shadow of Mr 18%". The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
14. Kwek, Glenda (24 February 2011). "Alan Jones lets rip at 'Ju-liar' Gillard". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
15. "Profile: Tony Abbott". BBC News. 14 September 2015.
16. Bongiorno, Frank (28 June 2018). "From 'Toby Tosspot' to 'Mr Harbourside Mansion', personal insults are an Australian tradition". The Conversation. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
17. "Turnbull's a turncoat". 23 January 2018.
18. "Turncoat Turnbull ghosts Dutton". 10 April 2019.
19. "Turncoat Turnbull - YouTube". YouTube .
20. "Turncoat Turnbull...from leftie poster boy to villain". Herald Sun. 14 September 2015.
21. "Fizza". 2016.
22. "Scott Morrison". Australian Prime Ministers. 18 King George Terrace Parkes, ACT 2600 Ngunnawal, Ngunawal, Ngambri Country: Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023. reflected in his adoption of the nickname 'ScoMo'
23. Lewis, Charlie (21 January 2022). "Let's go, branding! The origin stories of political nicknames" . Crikey . Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
24. Haydar, Nour (22 November 2021). "Prime Minister forced to backtrack after claiming he told opposition about Hawaiian holiday during bushfires". ABC News . Retrieved 25 November 2021.
25. Hewson, John (27 November 2021). "Scott Morrison's election lies" . The Saturday Paper . Retrieved 29 November 2021.
26. "Aloha, Scotty from Marketing, is it resurrection you're looking for?". The New Daily. 24 December 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
27. Cashmere, Paul (3 January 2020). "Bette Midler Calls Scotty From Marketing "a Fuckwit"". Noise11.com. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
28. Scott Morrison rejects 'Scotty from marketing' nickname, news.com.au, January 20, 2020
29. Scotty From Marketing Holds Focus Group To Suss Out If He'll Get Booed At The Sydney Test, The Betoota Advocate
30. Rigby, Brittney (2 January 2020). "Former marketer Scott Morrison's bushfire messaging isn't good leadership, and it isn't good PR". Mumbrella. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
31. "Scott Morrison's rise to Australia's top job". Radio New Zealand . ABC. 24 August 2018. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
32. Deborah Snow (30 April 2016). "Scott Morrison's relentless rise to power". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
33. Frost, Natasha (21 July 2023). "Why Do Australian Politicians Love Nicknames?". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023. Mr. Albanese's nickname — "Albo" — has been with him throughout his political career, and was his nickname as a child.
34. "Anthony Albanese". National Archives of Australia . Australian Government. Archived from the original on 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023. often referred to by the nickname 'Albo'
35. "'Airbus Albo': Albanese accused of 'seeking to avoid accountability'". 21 June 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
36. "Airbus Albo's carbon shame". The Spectator Australia. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
37. https://web.archive.org/web/20210204093630/https://chaser.com.au/national/labor-immediately-scraps-plan-for-scomo-style-name-for-anthony-albanese/
38. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/morrisonlite-pm-leads-by-dumping-fight-for-the-republic/news-story/985d48543c92c3ecd82ebd737cc28f44
39. "How good are election books? Crikey's suggestions for publishers in 2022". 27 May 2022.