The Governor-General is standing firm on his actions around Scott Morrison's appointment to five additional portfolios, declining to comment on whether or not he expected it to be made public.
Retired General David Hurley says he's content with allowing inquiries to continueRetired General David Hurley confirmed on Monday that he had signed off on Mr Morrison's requests to administer additional portfolios between 2020 and 2021.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed his predecessor was secretly appointed to the health, finance, treasury, home affairs and the super-sized industry, science and resources portfolio. "I've released a statement about my role in this, my responsibilities under the principle of responsible government, by which we run our country," he told the ABC.
"The government of the day has to accept responsibility for this. And the people who were involved in it directly, have to accept responsibility."Morrison labels criticism of Governor-General 'egregious'
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