Scott Morrison secretly appointed to five ministries, including Treasury and home affairs, says PM

Anthony Albanese says former prime minister oversaw unprecedented trashing of our democracy' as Morrison's colleagues Ken Wyatt and Karen Andrews call for him to be held accountable

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The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says Scott Morrison was appointed to five additional ministries, including Treasury and home affairs, labelling his predecessor's actions an unprecedented trashing of our democracy".

The previous home affairs minister, Karen Andrews, has called for Morrison to resign from parliament following the revelations, but the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, is standing by his former leader.