The former PM stopped short of agreeing to participate in Anthony Albanese’s snap inquiry, as key details such as who will be called to give evidence remain unclear.
The former prime minister’s move to appoint himself as minister of several key portfolios, including finance, will be the subject of an inquiry, Anthony Albanese has pledged.
The startling concession comes amid questions about why Morrison’s secretive jobs were not captured by an obscure bureaucratic rule known as the “Harradine list”.
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Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s secret assumption of five key ministerial positions was not the outcome of personal proclivities. It expressed the turn to authoritarian forms of rule by the entire political establishment.