‘Shadow government’: Anthony Albanese to seek advice on legality of Scott Morrison secretly swearing himself into additional portfolios | jamesmassola
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is seeking advice as to the legality of former prime minister Scott Morrison secretly swearing himself into additional portfolios.
Albanese said Morrison had been running a “shadow government” that was “unbecoming, cynical and just weird ... contrary to the Westminster system”.
At the time Greg Hunt was health minister and Mathias Cormann was minister for finance. Cormann was unaware of the unusual arrangement. “The Governor-General, following normal process and acting on the advice of the government of the day, appointed former prime minister Morrison to administer portfolios other than the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The appointments were made consistently with section 64 of the Constitution,” the statement from Hurley’s office says.
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