Anthony Albanese denounced Scott Morrison’s secrecy – but now he’s perpetuating it | Paul Karp

The government continues to refuse freedom-of-information access to minutes of a committee established by the Coalition. When will it live up to its rhetoric on transparency?

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During the height of the Morrison multiple ministry controversy, Anthony Albanese pinpointed where he believed the rot had set in.

Power was centralised, he said, because Coalition ministers had “ticked off on the arrangements that had Scott Morrison as the only member of a cabinet committee … so as to avoid scrutiny”.

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