Scott Morrison's former deputy Barnaby Joyce, who stood in as acting prime minister while Mr Morrison was overseas, defends the former leader despite being in the dark about his secret grab for several portfolios.
by former home affairs minister Karen Andrews, whose role Mr Morrison took without her knowledge.
The former deputy prime minister did not agree that Mr Morrison needed to resign, unless it emerged that he had done something illegal. "Obviously I don't agree with the prime minister taking on roles here, there and everywhere, I believe in a cabinet system of government … but Mr Morrison has not broken any law," Mr Joyce said.But Mr Joyce said the decision to use those secret powers to overrule then-resources minister Keith Pitt to"I think the minister is the person who should have carriage of these issues, because they have a more acute knowledge of the particular details," he said.
Nationals backbencher Matt Canavan, a vocal advocate of the coal and gas industries, said there were serious questions to be asked about the blocked exploration licence. "I still think there's a lot of questions about that. We have got Liberal members in the paper today saying effectively this decision was made to save their seats," Mr Canavan said.Newcastle and central coast locals have mounted a fresh campaign calling on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to ensure the project remains dead, fearing the fresh revelations could influence a court challenge against the ban.
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