ANU’s Professor Donald Rothwell says Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue has been very conservative and cautious in his advice of former prime minister Scott Morrison’s secret ministerial appointments.
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The Solicitor-General released the legal advice on Mr Morrison’s actions to swear himself into five portfolios while in office on Tuesday, finding that it was legal and that he was “validly appointed” by the Governor General. “He’s not seeking to enter into the political fray in relation to that,” Professor Rothwell told Sky News Australia.
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