Scott Morrison had approved $828 million worth of manufacturing grants, some close to this year's election, after he was secretly sworn in as Industry Minister in 2021.
And a further inquiry into the Morrison secret ministries affair could be announced in order to ensure a Prime Minister never secretly swears himself into portfolios again.
Some of the more than $800 million in manufacturing grants doled out by former prime minister Scott Morrison after he secretly swore himself in as Industry Minister will be reviewed. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Flavio Brancaleone Prime Minister Albanese has said that he expects a report from the Solicitor-General into Mr Morrison's secret moves on Monday.
"I haven't seen yet a suggestion that anything illegal has happened but what is very clear is that conventions have been overturned completely and ignored and the Westminster system of our democracy has been undermined."
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