Let's call him ScoMo 2.0
There were no rapid-fire references to Labor or Bill Shorten, apart noted there was bipartisan support for the national disability insurance scheme.
It was a calm and considered presentation from a minister noted for being one of the government's toughest operators.
Remember, he was the one who stopped the boats using Australia's military hardware and pushed to make young people wait for the dole.
But it was also Morrison who watched the coalition deliver a series of budgets that fanned Senate antipathy and turned a thumping parliamentary majority into a one-seat tightrope walk.
"The Australia people don't give you a leave pass because you have difficulties in the Senate," he said on Tuesday.
"They still want their services, they still want downward pressure on the cost of living, they still want the budget to return to balance and that is our job and they elected us to do that job.
"What we've done as a government tonight is display the practical, reasonable and mature judgment to ensure we can address these tasks."
Morrison on budget night finally buried the $13 billion in so-called "zombie" savings previously blocked by the Senate.
But his real epiphany came when he and the prime minister reflected on the low rate of wages growth and its impact on families.
"We need to understand that makes sensitivity to the services they rely on and cost of living that much more great."
A more relaxed and comfortable treasurer gave no criticism of Joe Hockey, whose 2014 budget caused the coalition so much electoral grief.
"Every treasurer has to deal with the circumstances in front of them," he said.
"I had to, Joe had to, Peter (Costello) had to, and you've got to call it as you see it at the time."
