Australian PM Touts COVID-19 Health Response, Economic Management in Election Pitch

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks about his management of the pandemic at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, on Feb. 1, 2022. Rohan Thomson/Getty Images

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used an address at the National Press Club in Canberra to outline the hits and misses of his government in what will be an election year.

In discussing the federal government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the prime minister conceded that he did not “get everything right.”