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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.
Turnbull said if he had attempted to secretly appoint himself to a ministry, neither former governor-general Peter Cosgrove nor his own senior staff would have allowed it. But Prime Minister Anthony Albanese backed Hurley, saying the governor-general should act on advice from the government of the day.
But while Morrison had not done anything unconstitutional or illegal, Craven said the former prime minister was responsible for the questions about Hurley’s position. University of NSW law professor Rosalind Dixon said she had a great deal of respect for Hurley as governor-general, but he should offer more details about how he satisfied himself that proper arrangements were made for the two-minister model to work.
“The prime minister would never act in a situation like this because the governor-general was acting on their advice. And if the Queen acted she would spark a constitutional crisis,” national director Andy Biar said.“It would take an extremely courageous governor-general to push back against a prime minister who appointed them and could sack them at any time.”
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