Not my job to tell anyone about Morrison’s secret ministries, says Governor-General
Morrison’s closest political ally and fellow member of the parliamentary prayer group, Stuart Robert, also distanced himself, saying it had been “unwise” for the former leader not to inform cabinet of his actions, but there was no need for him to resign.
“If he doesn’t want to do day-to-day politics any more, then he needs to think about why he’s still there,” she said.that Morrison had been jointly appointed to oversee five departments – health, finance, home affairs, treasury, and industry, science, energy and resources – during 2020 and 2021 without the knowledge of most of his senior ministers, including some whose responsibilities he took on.
He said there was a “clear expectation” in the mind of the public, media and opposition “that I, as prime minister, was responsible pretty much for every single thing that was going on”. Former Nationals’ cabinet ministers Bridget McKenzie and Darren Chester both supported Dutton working with Albanese to change the rules and stop secret ministerial appointments from being made again.Chester stopped short of calling for Morrison to resign but said “my concern is with the lack of transparency around the appointments and in my view the parliament and the Australian people should have been fully informed about the new ministerial arrangements when they were made”.
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