What we learned, Monday 22 August
That’s where we’ll leave you this evening. Here’s what we learned today:
The prime minister Anthony Albanese has said he will release legal advice regarding Scott Morrison’s secret self-appointments to various ministries while PM tomorrow. The release of the advice will come after a briefing Albanese received this afternoon.
Liberal MP Bridget Archer has welcomed the idea of an independent review into Morrison’s conduct, saying he should consider his position.
Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate said she was ‘disappointed’ to learn that Morrison was secretly finance minister during what was supposed to be an independent inquiry into the controversy around her dismissal from the role.
The Greens have called for the inquiry into Holgate’s dismissal to reconvene following revelations of Morrison’s secret appointment to the finance portfolio, which is a “shareholder” ministry.
Australian federal police have seized the largest shipment detected in Australia of the deadly opioid fentanyl. The shipment contained more than 5m potentially lethal doses of the drug, but was stopped by a joint operation with border force officers.
Musician and Gunditjmara-Bundjalung elder Archie Roach, who died in late July, was farewelled on the streets of Melbourne this morning, escorted by the Southern Warriors Aboriginal Motorcycle Club – the beginning of his final journey to Warrnambool, where a funeral will be held.
We’ll be back tomorrow morning to bring you up to speed with all the day’s events. See you then.
Updated
It’s going to be a cold morning in New South Wales on Tuesday. Don’t put your woollies away just yet.
Tomorrow the feels like temperature is expected to be a few degrees below the forecast air temperature. While getting ready for work tomorrow morning is expected to be chilly🥶 Wednesday morning is forecast to be colder with widespread frost possible. See: https://t.co/SPHgGeisGZ pic.twitter.com/kZc9gHmxbj
— Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales (@BOM_NSW) August 22, 2022
