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Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on former PM Scott Morrison's 'stealth' portfolio appointments revealed

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed Scott Morrison secretly held five additional portfolios between March 2020 and May 2021 during his time as prime minister – in some cases without the existing ministers' knowledge. Between March 2020 and May 2021, Morrison took control of the Departments of Health, Finance, Resources, Home Affairs and Treasury. The bombshell revelation has sparked calls for him to resign and leave Australia's federal parliament. Former Australian Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews told news.com.au she had "no idea" the former prime minister had sworn himself into her portfolio. "I am going to ask him to resign and leave Parliament,'' she said. "I have nothing to say to him. "This is totally unacceptable, For a prime minister to behave in this manner undermines everything that a federal government constitutionally should stand for." Albanese called him a "stealth bulldozer" and said that Morrison and those in his government need to be "held to account". "This has been go