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The former prime minister took on the health portfolio in secret in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, before appointing himself to four more ministries over the next year. Why did he do it and who knew?

Scott Morrison, the minister-in-secret

The revelation the former PM had five secret portfolios demonstrates his contempt for colleagues and the longstanding conventions that underpin Australia’s democracy

Scott Morrison having himself secretly appointed as health, finance and resources minister is more than weird and bizarre – it is a frightening revelation.

The only credible explanation for Scott Morrison personally installing himself, as an undisclosed ministerial partner, in several portfolios is the former prime minister’s passion for control.

Former prime minister declines to comment as Peter Dutton and other senior ministers say they were ‘not aware’ of appointments

If there was a compelling justification for this strange arrangement, why wasn’t it revealed to the public at the time?

Former prime minister’s senior cabinet colleagues say they were unaware he allegedly swore himself into three ministry positions

Australians expects judges to make decisions impartially: that is, free from a range of improper and unacceptable political, financial and personal influences. Not only must they make decisions impartially, they must be seen to make their decisions impartially.

Two Perth men will each spend around a decade behind bars after a judge found they played an "instrumental role" in the theft of 200 guns from a Perth firearms store, while many unrecovered weapons remain a "lasting threat to the community".

You walk into a shopping centre to buy some groceries. Without your knowledge, an electronic scan of your face is taken by in-store surveillance cameras and stored in an online database. Each time you return to that store, your “faceprint” is compared with those of people wanted for shoplifting or…