Former High Court justice Virginia Bell to lead inquiry into Scott Morrison's secret ministries

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sets out the terms of an inquiry into Scott Morrison's secret power grab of several ministries.

Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articlePrime Minister Anthony Albanese has laid out the terms of an inquiry into Scott Morrison's secret self-appointment to administer several ministries throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.A former High Court justice will lead the inquiry into Scott Morrison's secret power grab

The inquiry will consider the circumstances of Mr Morrison's actions, and any implications they may haveFormer High Court justice Virginia Bell will lead the inquiry, which will examine how the appointments were made and the implications arising from them."We need to have a quick and appropriate inquiry, which is not about the politics but how this happened," Mr Albanese said.

The Prime Minister said the inquiry would make recommendations to government on any changes to provide greater transparency and accountability 'to ensure this can never happen again".Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the inquiry was necessary for democracy. "This inquiry is one which absolutely was made necessary by the solicitor-general's advice, which expressed in the clearest possible terms that what occurred here with Mr Morrison having himself appointed to five ministries was contrary to, inconsistent with, the conventions and practices of responsible government," Mr Dreyfus said.

"This is sinister stuff. This is secret government. This is one of the most appalling things I've ever heard in our federal government," he added, quoting former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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Remember The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody 1987 and its 330 recommendations? Well it helped since that there were 500 Indigenous deaths in custody. Any recommendations? There will be no real changes only more inquiries, RCs and more discussions

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A waste of time and money. It's a smoke screen for a government that finds now its in power all its glitzy election promises are just that glitzy promises. They lack leadership and direction. Absenteese is simply Rudd MKII. A showbag PM. All flash on the outside but full of shit.

Albo inquiry into Scott Morrison’s ministerial appointments Albos Morrison derangement syndrome will continue 2GB: What are you doing about the cost-of-living crises Albo Albo: I 'Can't solve everything'

A woman of power, Scotty will not like that.

Remember last time Labor were in power, they set up a Royal commission to get Pell?

Nearly two weeks on and the ABC is still acting like the media arm of the Labor party

What a waste of time and more importantly, our money

Criminalisation of your political opponents is just the latest US import. Labor perhaps doesn’t understand that we don’t have a presidential system like the US where Democrats want to ensure Trump doesn’t run again. ScoMo is yesterdays man & the Liberals don’t want him back.

🎼and the walls, come tumbling down 🎶 🎵,,,,my turn to be a smug prick Scotty!

Just revenge for getting rolled in 2019! WasteOfMoney

And how much is this costing us, the tax payer? Something had better come from all this.

The hunt for a scapegoat is confirmation that the whole Covid response was a disastrous sh1tshow.

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Good I want open govt, not the one Morrison wanted, the secrecy was and is the issue. He hid it from his cabinet.

Who cares.. Fix the economy and the cost of living should be the priority.

Taxpayer funded no doubt!!

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