This Twitter Account Lets You Know Who The Current PM Is [Updated]

The Australian political landscape over the past 48 hours has been volatile to say the least. People have been wondering if there will be a leadership change by the time they get off a flight, or get out of the shower.

Well don’t worry, this Twitter account has got your back.

This article was originally published on August 23 at 3:30pm

Called The Australian PM Is (or @WhoIsPM), it tweets out every half hour to give Aussie Twitter an update on who our glorious leader is.

At the time of writing, it’s still Malcolm Turnbull.

It’s August 23, 2018 at 03:00PM and the current Australian Prime Minister is Malcolm Turnbull.

— The Australian PM is (@WhoIsPM) August 23, 2018

As a colleague pointed out, you can see which tweets went live at particularly turbulent times, like Turnbull’s 1:00pm press conference today:

It’s August 23, 2018 at 01:00PM and the current Australian Prime Minister is Malcolm Turnbull.

— The Australian PM is (@WhoIsPM) August 23, 2018

This isn’t even a new account, it has been delivering the hot PM goss for years now:

It’s August 13, 2015 at 05:03PM and the current Australian Prime Minister is Tony Abbott.

— The Australian PM is (@WhoIsPM) August 13, 2015

So if you’re unsure if Dutton, ScoMo or Alf Stewart (it could be anyone at this point) has taken power, now you can stay up to date!

Update: August 24 1:45pm

Annnnnnd it’s ScoMo

The time is 12:50pm on August 24, 2018 and the Prime Minister-designate of Australia is Scott Morrison.

— The Australian PM is (@WhoIsPM) August 24, 2018