https://www.theage.com.au/poli....tics/federal/we-need

Liberal backbencher Scott Morrison was true to type this week when the revelation of his secret multi-ministerial existence while prime minister convulsed Canberra.

On social media, radio and television there was wordy self-justification.

Morrison failed to “recall” additional ministries he might have secretly appropriated. Within hours, further revelations emerged of him being secretly sworn in as treasurer and minister for home affairs too – hardly something you would forget.

The exculpatory wall of words and prevarication made Emmanuel Macrons of us all, including Morrison’s former cabinet colleagues: “We don’t think, we know” that Australia’s 30th prime minister hasn’t told the full story.

He did not reveal his secret ministerial incarnations for most of the 46th parliament, failing to inform cabinet colleagues who loyally stuck with him despite him becoming, by the end, a deadweight on the Liberal vote.

It was the biggest “unknown unknown” of Australian politics – unknown except to Morrison, his God and the tiny number of enablers party to the conspiracy of silence. CONTINUED ON ABOVE SITE////