Scott Morrison is due to address the media amid calls for his resignation from parliament over secret portfolios – follow live
In taking on these authorities from the Governor-General, I did not instruct any department that I was to have duties for carriage of any of the issues that the ministers were dealing with on a day-to-day basis. They continued to exercise their powers as ministers, fully and wholly, except in the one instance in relation to the decision that I referred to in my statement. I did not exercise those powers. And I had the power, though, to act if that was necessary.
- me as prime minister or the minister. You may not be aware - and I think these events have highlighted perhaps some unawareness of these types of arrangements. For example, Ben Morton was the minister assisting the prime minister and cabinet. He was also the minister for public service. That did not make him the prime minister despite the fact that he was sworn to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. It didn’t make Ken Wyatt the prime minister.
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