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Discredited ex-Australian PM quits, but Labor government deepens his attacks

Having led his increasingly hated Liberal-National Coalition government to a disastrous election defeat in May 2022, former Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week announced his belated resignation ...

Morrison government accused of pork barrelling over $100m 'sports rorts' scandal

The auditor-general has delivered a damning report on the government's use of sports grants to curry favour with swinging ...
The Conversation

Explainer: what are Labor and the Coalition promising on an anti‑corruption commission and what is the government’s record?

As the election is looming, the Labor Party has placed integrity issues prominently on its party platform. Labor leader Anthony Albanese claims the Morrison government cannot be trusted, and that the ...
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Solicitor-General and Labor government greenlight former PM Morrison’s secret ministerial appointments as “legal”

The cover-up of the sweeping anti-democratic implications of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s secret assumption of five ministerial portfolios reached further heights today. Speaking at a media ...
The Conversation

Morrison’s multiple ministries legal but flouted principle of ‘responsible government’: solicitor‑general

University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Scott Morrison’s action in having himself appointed secretly to multiple ministries was legal but breached “the principle of ...