Scott Morrison issues plea to return family photo album

Former prime minister Scott Morrison has issued a plea for a family photo album from the 1990s to be returned, after a TikTok user found the old photo album and posted it on social media. Morrison, who is currently travelling overseas, told this masthead the photo album had been accidentally included in a box of items donated to an op-shop in Rockdale, in Sydney’s south. The photos include what appears to be Morrison and his wife Jenny on a bridge, swimming in a lake, and lounging on a deck chair at a Sheraton Mirage resort.

Several pages document a trip Morrison took to Port Douglas while working for the Tourism Task Force as deputy director of the organisation from 1995 to 1996. There is even a photo of youthful-looking Morrison apparently hung over, with a caption that states “Scott very, very, very TIRED after spending the day with Steve Girvan. I think too many Guinesses,” with a date of New Year’s Eve in 1996.



Another picture, in January 1997, shows Morrison walking the streets of Dublin without his wife Jenny, who was apparently sick with the flu in bed. Screengrab from a TikTok video showing Scott Morrison’s family photo album that was found in a Salvation Army store. Credit: TikTok Morrison said the loss of the album was “a bit embarrassing” and while he did not want to draw further attention to the incident, the family “really would like it to be returned”.

“We would like it back if possible as it was a private album mistakenly and unknowingly included in a box of items we donated to the Salvos,” he said. “If someone has it, they can return it to the Salvos at Rockdale and they will make sure it gets back to us.” Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis.

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