Simon Birmingham 'would certainly prefer to have known' if he shared finance portfolio with Scott Morrison

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Former government frontbencher Simon Birmingham says he remains less than '100 per cent' clear on the extent of the overlap in the role of finance minister, after revelations the former prime minister secretly appointed himself to several portfolios.

This morning, he told ABC Radio Adelaide that he recalled there being "discussion" around Mr Morrison becoming joint health minister, but nothing about him in the finance portfolio.

"I don't recall something specific to finance at the time, but there were similar decisions being made around finance." "It has been reported now that he [Mr Morrison] was sworn to that portfolio before I became the finance minister," he said.

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When a Minister is sworn in by a GG any previous Minister is no longer the Minister. Everything they signed off on is void and not valid. Any salary paid must be paid back.

Why has noone in authority stood ScottMorrisonMP down from Parliment? The opposition leader PeterDutton_MP has said he is happy with what was done. He is obviosly not fit to be there either. And the Governor General is also complicit 😕 ScottyThePathalogicalLiar FederalICAC

big deal so he took on extra portfolios in case of an emergency what it says he is a hard worker willing to do more than his share unlike Albanese disappears when things get tough..

He knew.... byebyescott

9: Why do the AFP and the NSW Police seem to treat members of the coalition differently from everybody else in Australia? 10: Why did the media arrive at a union raid before the federal police? 11: Why wasn't the staffer or the minister spoken to by police?

political_alert He’s certainly made complete fools of a lot of ppl

Lilly liveried spineless git or complicit liar.

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Astounded that we were run by a Govt that one minister didn't know that there was another minister aka the PM Scott Morrison who was also responsible for decision making. Senator Birmingham should have just called it wrong rather than not my preferred position.

Oh they didn’t know? I long ago reached the point where I take what is said by media, politicians & health experts with “gain of salt” 🤔

So right across his brief. he did not notice the fellow next to him answering all his questions FFS!

All of them knew! ABC is swallowing the flow of press releases that these ministers are sending in order to cover their own reputation. Countless times these ministers told public that they didn’t know things and were later found out through paper trails they did. Stillgullable

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How does the menacing wallpaper feel, Birmo ?

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