Why didn’t the governor general push back against Scott Morrison’s secret ministries?
Legal experts say a constitutional crisis could have been triggered had David Hurley refused the PM. Here’s what we know he did
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Scott Morrison says the governor general, David Hurley, “acted with absolute propriety” around the former prime minister’s secret self-appointment to five ministerial portfolios, but questions linger over whether the Queen’s representative had any power to push back.
Hurley has said he acted within the constitution, noting that publicising ministerial appointments is the responsibility of the federal government, not Government House. But the governor general said on Wednesday afternoon he “had no reason to believe that appointments would not be communicated”. Morrison has declined to say whether Hurley recommended he make the appointments public.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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