Albanese to investigate claims of Morrison's secret portfolios, 'Extraordinary and unprecedented' & More Latest News Here – Up Jobs

 

It comes as Australia’s Governor-General David Hurley confirmed he had appointed Morrison to “administer portfolios other than the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet”. 

Albanese said he had sought advice from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet following a News Corp report that Morrison was sworn in as the second resources minister in December last year without the knowledge of some of his cabinet.

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce told News Corp that Morrison used his ministerial powers to stop controversial gas projects slated for the NSW coast, which teal independent candidates – an increasing election threat – opposed.

The report follows a new book, Plagued, by Simon Benson and Geoff Chambers, which claims Morrison also swore himself into the health and finance portfolios.

Scott Morrison ordered the announcement of a people-smuggling vessel interception mid-operation.
Scott Morrison ordered the announcement of a people-smuggling vessel interception mid-operation. (AP)

“This is extraordinary and unprecedented,” Albanese said.

“Australians knew during the election campaign that I was running a shadow ministry. 

“What they didn’t know was that Scott Morrison was running a shadow government, a shadow government that was operating in the shadows.” 

Albanese said he had spoken with the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, who would be seeking advice from the Solicitor General, among others, on the legality of Morrison’s extra portfolios.

“I’ll be getting a full briefing this afternoon,” Albanese said.

Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison in Parliament House in 2017. (Andrew Meares)

“We all know that Scott Morrison had trouble doing the job that he had. Perhaps it was because he was doing so many different jobs that we didn’t know that he had.” 

Albanese said Australians deserved an explanation as to what had occurred.

“This isn’t some local footy club. This is a Government of Australia, where the people of Australia were kept in the dark as to what the ministerial arrangements were.

“It’s completely unacceptable.”

Anthony Albanese addresses the media about claims Scott Morrison held secret additional portfolios during his time as prime minister.
Anthony Albanese addresses the media about claims Scott Morrison held secret additional portfolios during his time as prime minister. (Nine)

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who was replaced by Morrison in 2018, said tonight the incident was “one of the most appalling things I have ever heard in our federal government”.

Turnbull told the ABC’s 7.30 that “the idea that a prime minister would be sworn in to other ministries, secretly, is incredible. I’m astonished that Morrison thought he could do it.”

“This is sinister stuff. This is secret government. What Albanese said today about it is absolutely right. This is the sort of thing that, it is not something we associate with our form of democracy.

“It is very sinister. It is secret.”

Morrison’s successor as Liberal Party leader, Peter Dutton, said he wasn’t aware of the moves made by the former prime minister.

Peter Dutton
Peter Dutton said he wasn’t aware of the moves made by Scott Morrison. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

“Obviously the then prime minister had his reasons, his logic for it, but it was not a decision I was party to or was aware of. It was a decision-making process that he’s made,” Dutton told ABC radio this afternoon.

The opposition leader said he had found out about Morrison’s extra appointments by reading about it “in the paper in the last couple of days”.

Dutton also supported the actions of the governor-general in the matter.

“The governor-general has issued a statement today, and he’s a person for whom I have the utmost respect,” he said.

“And he’s explained his position, his understanding of the law and constitution, and I have no doubt that he has acted entirely appropriately.”

Barnaby Joyce has served as the 17th deputy prime minister of Australia under Malcolm Turnbull from 2016 to 2018 and Scott Morrison from 2021 to 2022.
Former PM Barnaby Joyce told Newscorp he did not approve of Morrison’s actions in taking on extra portfolios without the knowledge of cabinet. (SMH / Alex Ellinghausen)

In the statement released earlier on Monday, Hurley said Morrison’s appointments were consistent with the constitution.

“It is not uncommon for ministers to be appointed to administer departments other than their portfolio responsibility,” Hurley said.

“These appointments do not require a swearing-in ceremony – the governor-general signs an administrative instrument on the advice of the prime minister.

“Questions around appointments of this nature are a matter for the government of the day and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 

“Similarly, the decision whether to publicise appointments to administer additional portfolios is a matter for the government of the day.”

Earlier this morning, David Littleproud, who replaced Joyce as the Nationals leader ABC’s RN Breakfast program he did not know about Morrison’s extra ministerial roles.

“That’s pretty ordinary, as far as I’m concerned. If you have a cabinet government, you trust your cabinet,” Littleproud said.

“You create that environment in the cabinet room to have those discussions. 

“If you don’t think a minister’s suitable to do that, that’s a discussion with the minister [and you] probably ask him or her to remove themselves.”

Can you tell which Aussie politician this is?

Albanese to investigate claims of Morrison’s secret portfolios, ‘Extraordinary and unprecedented’ & Latest News Update

I have tried to give all kinds of news to all of you latest news today 2022 through this website and you are going to like all this news very much because all the news we always give in this news is always there. It is on trending topic and whatever the latest news was

it was always our effort to reach you that you keep getting the Electricity News, Degree News, Donate News, Bitcoin News, Trading News, Real Estate News, Gaming News, Trending News, Digital Marketing, Telecom News, Beauty News, Banking News, Travel News, Health News, Cryptocurrency News, Claim News latest news and you always keep getting the information of news through us for free and also tell you people. Give that whatever information related to other types of news will be

Albanese to investigate claims of Morrison’s secret portfolios, ‘Extraordinary and unprecedented’ & More Live News

All this news that I have made and shared for you people, you will like it very much and in it we keep bringing topics for you people like every time so that you keep getting news information like trending topics and you It is our goal to be able to get

all kinds of news without going through us so that we can reach you the latest and best news for free so that you can move ahead further by getting the information of that news together with you. Later on, we will continue

to give information about more today world news update types of latest news through posts on our website so that you always keep moving forward in that news and whatever kind of information will be there, it will definitely be conveyed to you people.

Albanese to investigate claims of Morrison’s secret portfolios, ‘Extraordinary and unprecedented’ & More News Today

All this news that I have brought up to you or will be the most different and best news that you people are not going to get anywhere, along with the information Trending News, Breaking News, Health News, Science News, Sports News, Entertainment News, Technology News, Business News, World News of this made available to all of you so that you are always connected with the news, stay ahead in the matter and keep getting today news all types of news for free till today so that you can get the news by getting it. Always take two steps forward

Credit Goes To News Website – This Original Content Owner News Website . This Is Not My Content So If You Want To Read Original Content You Can Follow Below Links

Get Original Links Here????

Tinggalkan Balasan

Alamat email Anda tidak akan dipublikasikan. Ruas yang wajib ditandai *