Details have been revealed about new Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s ‘very warm’ chat on the phone with Donald Trump.
He has spent the first 24 hours in the top job speaking with several world leaders, including the US President, who called to congratulate.
The Cronulla-based politician invited Mr Trump to Australia during the friendly conversation.
The president hasn’t visited Australia since taking office.
Australia’s new prime minister has already spoken with US president Donald Trump (pictured)
‘I did tell him I was a rubbish golfer,’ Mr Morrison told The Sunday Telegraph.
‘I am not quite sure that term is well known in the US so there are other phrases I have and I’ll have to be careful of using Shire-colloquialisms in international engagements.’
He also told the publication his daughters Lily, 9 and Abbey, 11 were excited to hear that their dad would be talking to the president on Saturday.
Mr Morrison has also spoken with Indonesian President Joko Widodo and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
His phone call with Trump fared better than the first conversation then prime minister Malcolm Turnbull had when Mr Trump was elected president in late 2016.
Mr Trump famously hung on Mr Turnbull and later publicly described it ‘the worst call by far’ he had had with a world leader.
Mr Morrison tweeted that he had shared the story of ANZAC hero Leslie ‘Bull’ Allen when the president called, as a symbol of 100 years of mateship with the US.
New prime minister Scott Morrison (pictured with new deputy Josh Frydenberg on Friday) told the US President that he was a rubbish golfer
‘Had a great discussion with @realDonaldTrump this morning,’ Morrison said.
‘We affirmed the strength of the relationship between the US and Australia.’
There’s a possibility Mr Trump could visit Down Under as soon as November, following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Papua New Guinea.
A spokesperson from the Prime Minister’s office said both leaders used the call to reaffirm the strong bond between the US and Australia.
‘Both underlined the strength and depth of our alliance and the unbreakable friendship between Australia and the United States,’ the spokesperson said.
‘Both leaders agreed to stay in contact and to meet at an early opportunity.’
After the call, Trump took to Twitter to publicly congratulate Morrison on becoming Australia’s 30th prime minister.
‘Congratulations to new Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison,’ Trump, who flew to Ohio on Air Force One on Friday, wrote.
‘There are no greater friends than the United States and Australia!’
PM Morrison revealed the leaders spoke via Twitter (pictured). He shared story of war hero to symbolise century of mateship between the nations
Trump also tweeted to congratulate Morrison for becoming Prime Minister (pictured)
The Trump administration is keen to continue to strengthen the bond.
‘We look forward to working with the new prime minister and his cabinet,’ a State Department official told AAP.
‘We enjoyed a very close and positive relationship with former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and we are confident that close working relationship under Prime Minister Morrison will continue.’
‘Bull’ Allen was an Australian soldier who served in New Guinea in World War II.
A stretcher bearer, he was awarded the US Silver Star after rescuing 12 American casualties during an assault against the Japanese on Mount Tambu in July 1943.
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull was toppled in a Liberal party leadership challenge on Friday, with Scott Morrison (pictured) emerging as the winner
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern also looks forward to building a ‘really strong’ relationship with her Australian counterpart.
‘Regardless of who’s in charge we’ll keep advocating in the same way on behalf of New Zealand,’ she told reporters in Auckland on Friday.
‘Certainly, I’ll make an assumption here based on the role he’s had in the past that he’ll know New Zealand and its fine attributes really well.’
Mr Morrison will visit farmers in Queensland this week in his first official outing as prime minister.