.ScottMorrisonMP has broken his silence on why he was sworn in to a number of ministries, saying it was a decision taken as a precaution during the middle of the pandemic. auspol 7NEWS
“Sometimes we forget what was happening two years ago and the situation we were dealing with; it was an unconventional time and an unprecedented time,” he told Sydney radio station 2GB on Tuesday.Morrison called the actions “a two key approach”.“Fortunately, none of these in the case of the finance and health portfolio were ever required to be used.
“No, not to my knowledge no,” Morrison said when asked directly if he was sworn into social services. “If I wished to be the decision maker, then I had to take the steps that I took,” he said of a call to overrule resources minister Keith Pitt on a controversial NSW gas project, PEP-11. However, Albanese told the ABC: “The governor-general’s job is to take the advice of the government of the day. I don’t intend to pass judgement.”Credit:A spokesperson for Governor-General David Hurley says he followed processes consistent with the constitution when he appointed Morrison to the additional portfolios.
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