Former government frontbencher Simon Birmingham says he remains less than '100 per cent' clear on the extent of the overlap in the role of finance minister, after revelations the former prime minister secretly appointed himself to several portfolios.
This morning, he told ABC Radio Adelaide that he recalled there being "discussion" around Mr Morrison becoming joint health minister, but nothing about him in the finance portfolio.
"I don't recall something specific to finance at the time, but there were similar decisions being made around finance." "It has been reported now that he [Mr Morrison] was sworn to that portfolio before I became the finance minister," he said.
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