Governor general delayed giving Scott Morrison additional portfolios in 2021, FoI documents show
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#63MKY)
Letters reveal former PM didn't mention pandemic when requesting right to administer industry, treasury and home affairs departments
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The governor general, David Hurley, kept Scott Morrison waiting longer to be officially appointed to the secret portfolios he requested in 2021 compared with earlier in the pandemic, documents obtained under freedom of information laws show.
It took two weeks for Hurley to sign the instrument making Morrison the treasurer and home affairs minister after the prime minister requested those additional powers in April 2021.
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