Anthony Albanese expected to announce details of investigation into former PM’s actions on Friday as more questions emerge over his secret portfolio appointments
Peter Dutton has denounced the inquiry into Scott Morrison’s secret ministries as a “witch-hunt” as fresh concerns are raised about the former prime minister’s power to allocate grants when he held extra portfolios.
After a search of program guidelines, Guardian Australia can reveal Morrison had the power to give grants through the home affairs department’s $187m safer communities program.to administer the department on 6 May 2021, qualifying him as one of the ministers able to make grants.finding Morrison’s appointments were legal but “fundamentally undermined” responsible government.
“We’ve said we’d support a process to ensure it can’t happen again, we didn’t agree with the decision that Scott had made,” he told 2GB Radio. Dutton said Albanese clearly saw “political advantage” in an inquiry targeted at Morrison, citing the fact the actions of Labor premiers in the pandemic would not be in its terms of reference.Albanese has said the inquiry will consider “who knew what and when in [Morrison’s] office and the department of prime minister and cabinet” and the “legal implications behind decisions that were made”.
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