Scott Morrison likely to be censured for ‘usurping’ parliament, Albanese suggests

The Bell report called Scott Morrison’s decision to be appointed to five extra portfolios during the pandemic ‘corrosive of trust in government’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Scott Morrison is likely to be censured for “usurping” the Australian parliament, Anthony Albanese has suggested, after being approached by those wishing to “express a view” on the former prime minister’s multiple ministries.

The prime minister said on Sunday that Morrison should be “embarrassed” by the Virginia Bell inquiry report into the saga. Labor will decide its position on the possible censure at a cabinet meeting on Monday.