The media’s reaction to revelations Scott Morrison secretly swore himself into five ministries has been “crazy,” Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton says.
“Morrison has been compared to dictators, despots, and one commentator, Jane Caro, even published this conspiracy theory that it was a secret religious clutch for power,” he said.
Mr Houghton said the powers the former prime minister wielded – shrouded from the public and even his colleagues – were “disturbing” but all governments in Australia have been “guilty of absurd overreaches in power”. “This is one of the lesser examples when compared to the fact we were all told we couldn’t leave our homes,” he said.Read More
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