Scott Morrison has revealed he turns to his wife Jenny for advice as he campaigns to keep his job.
The Prime Minister was 12 when he met his other half through their church.
With the Coalition struggling in the opinion polls, Mr Morrison confirmed his wife of almost 30 years is his best political adviser.
Scott Morrison has revealed he turns to his wife Jenny for advice as he campaigns to keep his job (pictured are the couple arriving at a Liberal Party campaign rally in Brisbane this week)
Mr Morrison (left) arrives with Jenny (right) for the annual Mid Winter Ball at Parliament House, September 2018
'I talk to Jen, I talk to my friends. Jen's a great sounding board because she's not in politics, has never been in politics, she's not connected to it, she doesn't think like a politician,' he told The Australian on Wednesday as he campaigned in Tasmania.
'I didn't meet her in politics. Her and her family, our friends, they're all outside of politics so I have a great window back into the real world every day.'
Griffith University politics lecturer Paul Williams, however, doubted Mrs Morrison would offer her husband a fresh political perspective.
'Given that they do move in the same circles, I would be very surprised if she didn't share almost 100 per cent of her husband's ideological beliefs,' Dr Williams told Daily Mail Australia on Thursday.
'So in terms of bringing a new perspective, I would be very surprised if there was one.'
Dr Williams said Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's wife Chloe, who he married a decade ago, was more likely to offer more independent political advice, as a woman who previously worked as a journalist and a corporate affairs adviser.
With the Coalition struggling in the opinion polls, Mr Morrison confirmed his wife of almost 30 years is his best adviser (pictured is the Morrison
