Albanese may be setting up a standoff over whether the former PM will cooperate but the greatest pitfall for Labor could be distraction
The bigger risk for Anthony Albanese is that the inquiry into Scott Morrison’s ministries will take the focus off other issues Australians care more about: wages growth and the spiralling cost of living.The bigger risk for Anthony Albanese is that the inquiry into Scott Morrison’s ministries will take the focus off other issues Australians care more about: wages growth and the spiralling cost of living.Last modified on Fri 26 Aug 2022 09.
The inquiry will be headed by Justice Virginia Bell, who retired from the high court in February 2021 – one of a conga line of justices to come off the bench and move relatively quickly into a fresh inquisitorial role., and the former PM’s ally Stuart Robert have been preparing the ground to argue that Labor has overreached and the inquiry is nothing but a “witch-hunt” or a get-square against Morrison.
On Friday, Albanese and the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, claimed Bell’s credentials proved the inquiry would be both serious and at arm’s length. The terms of reference are modest and sensible, they said.In lengthy Facebook posts and during a press conference, Morrison had spoken about his appointments being like “break glass in case of emergency” powers.
With these questions still unanswered, it is unclear why, as Morrison would have it, we must delay the inquiry into his “meshuffle” until such time as we inquire into the handling of the whole pandemic.
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