Former deputy PM Barnaby Joyce says he didn't know 'most of' the arrangements surrounding Scott Morrison's secret assumption of several ministerial portfolios during the COVID-19 pandemic.
abc.net.au/news/barnaby-joyce-didnt-know-most-scott-morrison-secret-portfolios/101354926Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce insists he was never told the full extent of the then prime minister's new secret ministerial powers.Barnaby Joyce says he was aware Scott Morrison had "greater powers than I initially assumed" but didn't know their full extent
Mr Morrison used his new secret powers to ban the PEP-11 gas permit off the New South Wales coast instead of allowing resources minister and Nationals MP Keith Pitt to make the final call. Mr Joyce also noted that Mr Morrison was sworn into the resources portfolio in April of 2021, when Michael McCormack was leader of the Nationals, and Mr Joyce didn't regain the leadership position until June, when it was too late to intervene.Political or national interest decision
"I don't think anyone who went surfing off the New South Wales coast this week up around Newcastle or the Central Coast would take any issue with a prime minister who lived up to his word and considered this matter from first principles, as I was required to do under the act, which I did without prejudice," he said at a press conference.
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