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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp

Does an inquiry into Morrison’s secret ministries risk taking focus off more pressing issues?

Anthony Albanese
The bigger risk for Anthony Albanese is that the inquiry into Scott Morrison’s ministries will take the focus off other issues Australians care more about: wages growth and the spiralling cost of living. Photograph: Bianca De Marchi/AP

Anthony Albanese has called a snap inquiry into Scott Morrison’s secret multiple ministries, setting up a standoff over whether the former prime minister will or won’t cooperate.

The inquiry will be headed by Justice Virginia Bell, who retired from the high court in February 2021 – one of a conga line of justices to come off the bench and move relatively quickly into a fresh inquisitorial role.

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