Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is relying on this fact: Scott Morrison is no Joe Hockey.
When challenging Tony Abbott for the Liberal Party leadership on Monday, Mr Turnbull said it was "clear enough" that the government was not providing the economic leadership that Australia desperately needed. 
Things had to change, he said, otherwise Labor would win the next election. It was a denunciation of Abbott and his Treasurer, Joe Hockey.
Hockey's first budget had been disastrous. His second budget was better received, but it couldn't escape the stench of the first.
Both budgets mortally wounded Abbott's government, and things had become so bad recently that Abbott's colleagues had been urging him to dump Hockey so he could save his own skin. Abbott didn't do it, and now he's gone.
With Turnbull the new leader, and Prime Minister, he is expected to replace Hockey with Social Services Minister Scott Morrison, one of the government's most effective communicators. Unlike Hockey, he is not gaffe prone. He can explain complicated policies simply, and he dedicates himself to his portfolios with unnatural zeal.
Turnbull's fortunes will be tied to his new Treasurer's performance.
Educated at Sydney Boys High School, Morrison studied economics and geography at the University of NSW. He has worked for the Property Council of Australia, and the Tourism Task Force.
In 2004, when the Howard government needed a chief executive for its new tourism body, Tourism Australia, then-tourism minister Hockey gave the gig to Morrison.
Since the first leadership spill against Abbott in   February, Morrison has repeatedly been mentioned as the most likely person to replace Hockey as treasurer.
Economists said this week that not much is known about Morrison's economic abilities. But many pointed to his achievements as immigration minister, and as Social Services Minister, to say they expected he would at least be competent.