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Former PM appointed Michelle Landry and Ben Morton to administer departments in moves not widely known at the time
Liberal MP Karen Andrews has blasted Scott Morrison for appointing former minister Ben Morton to administer the home affairs department in 2021, saying there was “no reason to keep it hidden” and claiming she was not told about it as the minister in that portfolio.
It has also emerged that Nationals MP Michelle Landry was appointed to administer the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) at the same time and in the same manner as Morton, in moves that were gazetted but not widely known at the time.
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