Accidental prime minister. Annika Smethurst. 2021.

Nine months after the spill that catapulted Scott Morrison to the top job, he won the 2019 election, surprising politicians and pundits throughout the nation. Yet, little was really known about the former marketing man whose hard-nosed political instincts and ‘daggy dad’ persona took him all the way to Kiribilli House.

A devout Christian family man on one hand, ambitious and poll obsessed on the other, the seemingly blunder-prone  Morrison has surpassed expectations of his tenure and voter popularity more than once, making him one of Australia’s most underestimated modern political figures.

In this first biography of the thirtieth prime minister of Australia, multi-award-winning political journalist Annika Smethurst examines the fundamental question about Morrison: is his success a case of being in the right olace at the right time, or is he one of the most strategic and shrewd political operators to ever hold the office?