Outrage after former Australian prime minister secretly gave himself five ministerial roles

Incumbent prime minister says he cannot conceive of the mindset' that enabled Scott Morrison to appoint himself to additional positions while PM

Scott Morrison secretly appointed himself to five additional ministries while Australia's prime minister, in what his successor has labelled an unprecedented trashing of the Westminster system".

Prime minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday he was waiting on legal advice over any possible ramifications of the secret appointments, and was open to reforms and suggestions," so the situation did not re-occur.