Australians react to Scott Morrison becoming Prime Minister

THE Liberal Party has spoken. And now so have the Australian people. Scott Morrison’s promotion to Prime Minister of Australia set social media on fire.

THE Liberal Party has spoken. And now so have the Australian people.

Scott Morrison’s promotion to Prime Minister of Australia set social media on fire.

And his appointment quickly divided the country.

Here’s just some of what people had to say.

SUPPORTIVE

This Aussie was just relieved to see the Libs had decided on a leader.

Others weren’t fazed by ScoMo’s appointment but believed his helm at the leadership will be short-lived.

The new deputy leader Josh Frydenberg found a fan in comedian Dave Hughes.

CRITICAL

Clive Palmer said nothing for the last few days, but weighed in almost instantly.

ScoMo’s 'stop the boats’ mantra has returned to haunt him.

Another voter reminded us all of Morrison’s love of coal.

Commentator Jamila Rizvi was critical of the new PM’s policies towards women.

And she wasn’t alone.

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre founder and CEO Kon Karapanagiotidis described ScoMo’s appointment as a “dark day for human rights”.

Others were just plain confused how this could happen.

FUNNY

Comedian Andy Lee expressed his feelings in just three words.

Australia’s political journalists are having a pretty good time reacting to ScoMo’s win on Twitter.

NT News were already prepping their journalists for another spill.

Prime Minister Fighter 4 is being teased as a new video game on Instagram, with a special appearance by The Simpsons newsreader Kent Brockman.

Fellow funnyman Lehmo joked that Morrison wouldn’t last too long in the top job.

MasterChef winner Adam Liaw made light of the shenanigans in the Liberal party.

It is pretty random.

Another tweeter suggested the spill was part of Cole’s Little Shop campaign.

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