‘Unusual, unorthodox and strange’: Tony Abbott delivers his verdict on Morrison’s mega-ministries | latikambourke
“The pandemic was a completely unprecedented situation and a whole lot of things that normally would never have been done were done and, without knowing a lot more than I have currently read in the papers, I would be reluctant to condemn what seems to have happened,” Abbott said during a question and answer session, after giving a speech on foreign policy to the think tank Henry Jackson Society.
“Certainly it does seem unusual, it does seem unorthodox and it does seem strange that at least some of the ministers didn’t know about it.“As for the Governor-General, I have every confidence that he would have acted not just on the basis of the political advice of the prime minister but that he would have got legal advice that what was happening was appropriate, legally appropriate, whatever of you might think of the politics of it,” Abbott said.
National chair of the Australian Monarchist League Philip Benwell said the role of the Governor-General in the political furore was concerning and that Hurley should have refused to swear in Morrison unless the acts were made public.“The fact the swearing-in was carried out on a totally secret basis is deplorable ... at the very least the inner cabinet and federal executive council should have been notified,” Benwell said in an email.
“This is something the Governor-General should have insisted upon or otherwise refused to swear in Mr Morrison to the portfolios. “Every official appointment, law, regulation or anything else that may affect good governance must never be kept secret and the Governor-General should never have allowed himself to be persuaded to do otherwise.”called into question Hurley’s position“While I like and respect the man, I’m struggling to see how the Governor-General’s position remains tenable,” Hill told
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