Scott Morrison’s secretive cabinet committee of one had hundreds of meetings, FOI documents suggest

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Scott Morrison's secretive cabinet committee of one permanent member appears to have met hundreds of times in the last term of parliament, documents released under freedom of information have revealed.

The cabinet office policy committee (COPC) - of which Morrison was listed as the only permanent member - created 739 sets of minutes from meetings, the information released by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PMC) showed.

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