Anthony Albanese to release legal advice on Scott Morrison ministries as pressure builds on former PM

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Prime minister says there is a ‘fundamental weakness in checks and balances’ and he will consider if a formal inquiry is needed

He said he would consider whether any changes needed to be made after receiving the advice, including whether a formal inquiry should be undertaken.“There hasn’t been a suggestion of illegality but … there have been questions raised about how this could occur, how it fits in with the conventions and the normal accountability mechanisms and checks and balances that are there in our parliamentary democracy. They are matters that need to be considered.

On Monday the office of the official secretary to the governor-general defended its role in the non-disclosure of Morrison’s ministerial appointments. “Acknowledging that the administrative appointments were not communicated – as expected, by the government of the day – the office supports a more transparent process to ensure that any appointments made under section 64 are made public.”As Morrison resists calls to resign, he is facing fresh criticism for his decision throughout 2020 and 2021 to take on additional portfolios without advising his colleagues or making the information public.

“It also is forcing other colleagues to ... defend themselves and their own records and I think that that’s unfair,” she said.

 

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Where is queen Elizabeth to kick the Govenor generals butt too. RoyalFamily

Great to have this transparency informing the public debate on this. If it’s not illegal to have a extra secret minister appointed to a portfolio, then legislation should be put in place to ensure it will be in future.

The Liberals - secret boyfriends, secret ministries what’s the next secret to be exposed

Get out of the gutter Albo and stop avoiding your responsibilities. Aussies don't go for you fixation on persecution.

What does my hero Geoffrey Watson think? His response will do fine for me.

What legal advice? Its obviously legal. Unethical? Yes. But legal.

Typically lefties media and Sociolist Labor Party. Totally hypothetical. Gough William had 11 shadow cabinet positions during his time as PM and no pandemic at that time.

*Killed PEP *Ruby Princess docks 19/3/2020 days after Morrison takes health portfolio *5/4/21 Andrews considers release of M family, Morrison takes her portfolio *No independent investigation into CH as Morrison is M for finance *$828m in grants via the Industry portfolio

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Albanese to release Morrison legal advice tomorrowPrime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will be releasing the Solicitor General’s advice on former prime minister Scott Morrison’s secret portfolios tomorrow. “My government, as an orderly government, we have a Cabinet meeting tomorrow,” he said during a media conference on Monday. “I think politeness and proper process means they should have access to it. I’ll do that and I intend to release the advice tomorrow.” Let me guess.🤔 No laws broken but ScoMo doing that was inconsistent with the Westminster system. No action against ScoMo but changing parliamentary rules to stop a future PM doing it. Done, now AlboMP get back to work & focus on cost of living, ICAC, cancel obscene tax cuts. hey AlboMP start thinking about real wages and the cost of living pressures.
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