Constitutional law experts discuss the crisis in accountability in Australian parliament

UNSW Sydney Gilbert + Tobin Centre for Constitutional Law hosted an expert panel on the current constitutional issues surrounding former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

The panel included UNSW constitutional law experts Professor George Williams from UNSW Sydney and Professor Rosalind Dixon, Director of the UNSW Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, and University of Sydney constitutional law Professor Anne Twomey.

The panel, moderated by Prof Dixon, discussed the crisis in accountability in Australian parliament in the wake of the former prime minister’s secretive ministerial appointments. In 2020 and 2021, Mr Morrison appointed himself to five cabinet ministries – Health, Finance, Home Affairs, Treasury and Industry, Science, Energy and Resources – without pushback from the Governor General and without notifying ministers or the public.

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