PM grilled again on education minister’s future after previously saying Tudge would not return to frontbench
Scott Morrison has said the sidelined education minister, Alan Tudge, is “technically” still a member of his cabinet, but is not receiving a ministerial salary.Coalition
The prime minister faced more questions about the unorthodox ministerial arrangements in a round of interviews on Monday afterThat seemed to clash with a statement on 4 March when Morrison said of Tudge: “Today he has informed me that in the interests of his family and his own wellbeing and in order to focus on his re-election as the member for Aston he is not seeking to return to the frontbench, and I support his decision.
The prime minister said the government “had an independent inquiry into the matters that I took very, very seriously”. “Alan has taken his own decision for family and health reasons to stand aside. He’s not being paid as a minister and I look forward to him returning because what he’s been doing in education has been very important.”
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