Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albany has accused former Prime Minister Scott Morrison of secretly holding five ministerial posts, callin...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albany has accused former Prime Minister Scott Morrison of secretly holding five ministerial posts, calling him an 'unprecedented waste of our democracy'.
According to the report of the foreign news agency published in the Dawn newspaper, Anthony Albany said that the former Prime Minister Scott Morrison had appointed himself to several ministries as compared to what was thought and further investigations will be conducted in this matter. .
The Australian Prime Minister said that from March 2020 until he left power in the elections in May this year, Scott Morrison held the portfolios of health, finance, home affairs, finance and resources in the country.
The prime minister said he had asked the country's solicitor-general to advise him on whether Morrison's actions were legal.
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"It is highly unusual that these appointments were kept secret from the Australian public by the Morrison government," he said.
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that such measures were necessary during the coronavirus pandemic.
Some former government ministers, including former finance minister Matthias Cormann, have said they were not told that Morrison had appointed himself as minister for these departments.
After these revelations, Karen Andrews, the Home Secretary in the Morrison government, has called on the former prime minister to resign from parliament.
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The Morrison government's decision to halt a controversial offshore gas project after measures to combat the pandemic and making himself resources minister came under scrutiny.
Morrison's conservative coalition lost power in May's election, ending nearly a decade of rule.
In Australia, elected politicians are chosen by the Prime Minister before being sworn in by the Governor-General.
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