15. Scott Morrison's Secret Government

The revelations that Scott Morrison had himself appointed as minister to five other portfolios without telling the incumbent ministers or the Australian public, and the ramifications of this trashing of convention on our democracy continues to unfold. Join Elana and Steve as they pull apart this whole gobsmacking saga.

Show Notes For the uber nerds, here’s the Solicitor General’s advice to Prime Minister Albanese Michael Pascoe , Paul Bongiorno and Crikey on the Governor General Karen Middleton at the Saturday Paper Ronni Salt at The Shot John Birmingham at his column Alien Side Boob Jenny Hocking at The Guardian Jack Waterford at Pearls and Irritations Anthony Klan at the Klaxon And if you want to know more about the 1975 constitutional crisis and the dismissal of the Whitlam government, the ABC has an outstanding podcast on this called The Eleventh.