Barnaby Joyce said he was “absolutely certain” the party would lose its extra cabinet minister he had negotiated upon retaking the leadership had he confronted then-prime minister Morrison over his encroachment into the resources portfolio.
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says he didn’t push back after Scott Morrison overruled Nationals’ resources minister Keith Pitt and rejected a controversial gas project because he did not want the junior Coalition partner’s power to be further diminished in cabinet.
“If I pursued this, it was quite simple. He just took away the portfolio that we weren’t entitled to and took us back to the number we were entitled to. He would have the portfolio back and we lose all power.
Speaking on Sunday morning to Sky News, Albanese said the concentration of power by Morrison had breached long-standing parliamentary conventions that underpin Australian democracy, but may not have broken any laws.Alex Ellinghausen
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