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Aleksandra Bliszczyk

The Govt Will Move To Censure Scott Morrison For His Sneaky Appointments Here’s What That Means

The federal government will move a motion to censure former Prime Minister Scott Morrison over his own secret appointments to five ministerial portfolios after the final report
Anthony Albaneseexpress their dissatisfactionVirginia Bell“corrosive of trust in government”

“We will introduce legislation later this week to make sure that this can never, ever happen again,” he said.

“And this week as well the House will be moving a censure motion [against] the member for Cook [Scott Morrison] as a result of the findings of Virginia Bell and the inquiry.

“This is about accountability of our democratic system and whether the parliament was functioning properly, and about the relationship between the prime minister and the people of Australia, who expect [elected officials] to be held to account through our parliamentary processes.”

“As prime minister, my awareness of issues regarding national security and the national interest was broader than that known to individual ministers and certainly to the inquiry,” Mr Morrison said in a statement on Friday.

“This limits the ability for third parties to draw definitive conclusions on such matters.”

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