Senior Writer + Columnist @australian Bestselling/award-winning author. Biographer of Prime Ministers Paul Keating, RG Menzies, Bob Hawke, Gough Whitlam (2025).
Aug 15, 2022 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Scott Morrison’s secret swearing-in as joint minister for three portfolios is a serious breach of Westminster tradition, cabinet governance and parliamentary convention. He had an obligation to inform cabinet, parliament and the Australian people. #auspol
There should be an investigation — as the PM has ordered — and Morrison must be made accountable for these unconventional and unprecedented actions, and quite possibly censured, by the parliament for his secrecy and lack of transparency. He is still the Member for Cook. #auspol