Josh Frydenberg tells how Scott Morrison damaged their friendship over decision to appoint himself to ministries

If any further proof was needed that Scott Morrison had lost touch with reality, not only while he was prime minister, but that his malady had lingered for months after, it came during his first conversation with Josh Frydenberg after Anthony Albanese revealed that Treasury was one of the former prime minister’s secret ministries.

Frydenberg was incredulous. After a few days, Morrison rang Frydenberg again. He told him he had been thinking about their conversation. On reflection, he said, no, he would probably not take Treasury if he had his time over. Note, he only referred to Treasury. And there was still no apology. “It’s impossible properly to evaluate the decision-making during the pandemic without understanding the context in which decisions were made,” Frydenberg told me.

Frydenberg was concerned the story was an attempt to split them, and said so to Morrison. Morrison told him that wouldn’t happen because: ‘I trust you, Josh.’The second, difficult to comprehend given the desertion of women from the Liberal Party, was in the lead-up to that year’s budget on 11 May, when Morrison was fiercely resisting a push from Frydenberg to provide extra funding for childcare.

As would Karen Andrews. Stuart Robert and Alex Hawke would have also told him to back off. It would have been a brave, or foolhardy, or completely deluded prime minister to have persisted in the face of such widespread opposition. Or, depending on his state of mind, he might have raced off to the governor-general to call an election.

“Scotty’s a friend, as much as one can have a friend in politics,” Robert told me. “We are still reasonably close in that regard.” Twice during an hour-long conversation, after I had asked him if they were still friends, he laughed and quoted the old maxim: “If you want a friend in politics, get a dog.”He says lots of crazy things happened during Covid, and blamed the secret ministry takeovers on poor advice.

She said if ministers had known, they would have insisted his extra commissions be revoked. If he had refused, she believes it is possible he would have been challenged. Morrison had been protected by a conspiracy of silence. No one who knew what he had done blew the whistle.

Does this explain, at all, the shocking decisions re vaccines? Delay, weakest vaccine the only option till nearly 2 years in? Just appallingly bad decision making

libliars Overreach Josh? Morrison overreached?Mate he conned everyone with his secret portfolio to steal our public purse & float it around amongst his preferred “charities”🤔Blatantly intent on scratching other backs who will one day scratch his back🤔Fraud does not equate to overreach!

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why have friends when its over.........we pay?

‘It was a…measured response from Frydenberg as he sought to convey both empathy & anger, part personal separation from Morrison - essential if he’s to resume his political career’. Frydenberg isn’t on leave. He was voted out. He can’t just ‘resume’ his political career! auspol

'if he is to resume his political career..' No no no no

Frydenberg trying to distance himself from the shart-show. Too late Josh, you’ll forever be linked with Australia’s worst PM.

Ask yourself, why would SMH report on the feelings of some anonymous vampire squid banker?

I guess there will be no more frozen meals together

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