At a time when democracy is under strain and threat around the world, and trust in institutions is fragile, the decision by former prime minister Scott Morrison to secretly appoint himself to five ministries including Treasury is both unfathomable and alarming, writes Patricia Karvelas.
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    2 years ago

    After days of mounting outrage and an interview on 2GB that enraged rather than calmed his former ministers, Morrison issued a statement saying that, with hindsight, his moves to take on additional ministries were unnecessary.

    He said he took on the powers of the health, finance, treasury and home affairs ministers due to the uncertainty of the pandemic and that he never exercised any of those powers and would have publicly announced if he was doing so.

    a truly impotent defense here–barely even worth dignifying with taking it seriously, honestly, lol. all this time and that’s the best he can come up with?