List of nicknames of prime ministers of Australia

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]

Gough Whitlam[]

Full name: Edward Gough Whitlam

• The Young Brolga^[10]

Malcolm Fraser[]

Full name: John Malcolm Fraser

• The Prefect^[11]

Bob Hawke[]

Full name: Robert James Lee Hawke

• The silver bodgie^[12]
• Little Caesar^[9]

Paul Keating[]

Full name: Paul John Keating

• The Mortician
• The Lizard of Oz^[13]

John Howard[]

Full name: John Winston Howard

• Honest John
• Little Johnnie Howard^[14]

Kevin Rudd[]

Full name: Kevin Michael Rudd

• Kevin07 his campaign slogan for the 2007 election
• Milky Bar Kidd 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^[15]

Tony Abbott[]

Full name: Anthony John Abbott

• Mad monk^[16]

Malcolm Turnbull[]

Full name: Malcolm Bligh Turnbull

• Mr Harbourside Mansion^[17]
• Turncoat^{[18][19][20][21][22]}

Scott Morrison[]

Full name: Scott John Morrison

• ScoMo

• Liar from the Shire^{[citation needed]}

• Scotty from Marketing became a common nickname due to Morrison's perceived poor response to the 2019 Australian bushfires.^[23][24] It originated in an article on satirical web site The Betoota Advocate during the bushfires.^[25][26] The name is still used frequently, and refers to Morrison’s previous role as Managing Director of Tourism Australia from 2004 to 2006. ^[27]

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