Scott Morrison will not resign from parliament despite growing calls over the secret appointments controversy. He said he did not act in the additional portfolios except to intervene to kill off a controversial gas proposal. auspol
Former prime minister and federal Member for Cook Scott Morrison speaks to media during a press conference in Sydney, Wednesday, August 17, 2022. NO ARCHIVINGScott Morrison will not resign from parliament despite growing calls for him to quit politics over the secret appointments controversy - adding the fact ministers did not know about the arrangements was proof of his lack of interference.
He was appointed to the Departments of Health and Finance in 2020 and the Departments of Health, Home Affairs and Industry and Resources in 2021. The solicitor-general is preparing advice, which will be handed over on Monday to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.Former Treasurer Josh Fydenberg was among coalition ministers unaware Mr Morrison was shadowing his role, despite living together in the lodge during the lockdown."I have had a wonderful conversation with Josh. We had one yesterday and we are the best of friends and he... has my total regard as both a friend and colleague and that will forever remain.
"I will continue to serve the member - as the member for Cook for the people of Cook with the best of my ability.""As Prime Minister, only I could really understand the weight of responsibility that was on my shoulders and on no-one else, and as a result I took the decisions that I thought I needed to take," he said.
Several sitting parliamentarians have raised concerns that the secret appointments have now implicated the Governor-General in a political scandal.An administrative instrument, signed by the Governor-General, appointing Prime Minister Scott Morrison to the Department of Health.Mr Morrison described criticisms of the governor-general's handling of the situation as "egregious."
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