Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will today receive legal advice from the country's second highest lawyer over Scott Morrison's portfolio scandal. Fi_Willan 9News DETAILS:
The Solicitor General has been asked to discover precisely what happened, how it occurred, and whether there are any legal ramifications.
Albanese has not ruled out further inquiries and reforms to make sure there cannot be a similar scandal in the future.Morrison has come under fire from all sides of politics following revelations he had secretly assumed ministerial responsibilities across the portfolios of Health, Home Affairs, Resources, Treasury and Finance portfolios.
He has claimed this was done to provide an extra layer of security during the COVID-19 pandemic, should a minister be struck down by the disease. However, the assumption of different ministerial roles - usually without the existing minister's knowledge - was spread out over a number of months.Morrison has said he used his emergency powers only once, to overrule Keith Pitt's approval of a gas project, something he acknowledged was unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic.Former Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews has called for the former prime minister to leave Parliament after the revelations were made public.
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