New questions over whether Scott Morrison acted lawfully
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Was Scott Morrison a Prime Minister, or a Minister of State?
Prime minister anthony albanes asked stephen donahue one simple question. Was scott morrison as prime minister, validly appointed to administer the department of industry, science, energy and resources when governor general david hurley signed the authorizing instrument? And he says that's the only decision he took under these new powers. The company involved, asset energy, has begun proceedings in the federal court in western australia to challenge the decision not to proceed. So this advice from the solicitor general becomes a weapon in that case.
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