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Here’s more from the former prime minister Scott Morrison speaking in parliament today:
“The authorities to administer departments were established as a dormant redundancy only to be activated in extraordinary circumstances evidenced by the fact that no powers were exercised under these authorities except in the case of the PEP-11 delivered decision.“As such, circumstances were not realised, and therefore, none of these authorities were misused. The solicitor-general found that the authorities established to administer departments in this way were valid and were not unlawful.
Morrison continued to attack the censure, saying he’d been in parliament and available to answer all questions, but the opposition hadn’t asked him.
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