August 15, 2022 10:32 p.m
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison today defended holding three additional Cabinet portfolios in secret while in power.
He called into Ben Fordham’s 2GB radio show this morning, insisting he had to take “unprecedented” measures during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was a safeguard in terms of how we were making decisions, you know, at a pretty extraordinary time,” he said.
He added that it was an “oversight” not to inform all cabinet colleagues affected by his additional portfolio responsibilities.
“I think sometimes we forget what was going on two years ago and the situation we were dealing with, it was a very unprecedented time,” Morrison said.
“We were facing unprecedented times and we had to take unconventional … extraordinary measures.”
