The fallout from Scott Morrison’s secrecy – with Lenore Taylor.

Podcast from The Guardian

Full Story

Scott Morrison

Presented by Gabrielle Jackson with Lenore Taylor and Mike Ticher . Produced by Miles Herbert and Daniel Semo . Executive produced by Gabrielle Jackson and Miles Martignoni

Fri 19 Aug 2022 06.29 AEST

During his prime ministership, Scott Morrison secretly took on the health, finance, treasury, home affairs and resources portfolios. Facing the public in a press conference on Wednesday, Morrison insisted he did nothing wrong: it was an extraordinary time, which required extraordinary measures.

In this episode of Full Story, Gabrielle Jackson talks to Lenore Taylor and Mike Ticher about why Morrison’s reasoning doesn’t stack up, and how we prevent such a break with Westminster conventions from happening again

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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2022/aug/19/the-fallout-from-scott-morrisons-secrecy-with-lenore-taylor

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• The cognitive dissonance of Scott Morrison’s secret ministry defence is mind-boggling, by Sarah Martin
• Why didn’t the governor general push back against Scott Morrison’s secret ministries?

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