Impossible to Negotiate Away the Ambitions of the CCP: Former Australian PM Tells Congress

Scott Morrison stressed that Western democracies should be aware that there are irreconcilable differences between them and the CCP.

Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a House Select Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has warned a U.S. congressional committee that the ambition of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for global hegemony and a new world order cannot be changed or negotiated away.

Speaking at a hearing of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the CCP on July 23, Morrison said that the United States and Australia, as long-standing allies, see the world through the same lens.