Scott Morrison now up to three “secret ministry portfolios held but never disclosed”, page-67

@logco interesting you should ask the question about where the massive corruption that was the Squat Morrison govt took place.

in fact Michael West Media ran a story a week ago that found during the caretaker period alone, ie when caretaker conventions apply to all govts, the Corrupt Morrison regime doled out $600,000 an hour in grants to its mates.

that's right, over the course of the 973.5 hours of the caretaker period, the corrupt Morrison regime dished out $600,000 an hour to its mates.

the following is the start of the news report. It's astonishing. It's Australia. Corruption writ large.

MICHAEL WEST MEDIA:

"On its way to electoral oblivion, the Morrison government kept the dollars flowing to select beneficiaries, in defiance of the 70-year-old parliamentary “caretaker” convention, writes #Mate.

"On May 16, five days before the election, the then Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction, Angus Taylor, announced a $30 million grant to Boral to “explore the feasibility of developing a carbon capture plant in the Southern Highlands.”

"Given the energy policies of the Labor and the Coalition were very much at odds, this grant appears to have been a breach of the caretaker conventions. (Curiously, Taylor’s facebook video about it has since been deleted, but the announcementfeatures proudly on the Boral website.)

"Call them the $600,000 (an hour) men (and women). That’s how much taxpayer money the Morrison government lavished on grants every hour during the six long weeks of the election campaign.

"A MWM investigation reveals that during the 2022 election the Morrison government approved hundreds of grants that ‘appear’ to be well outside the boundaries of a governing process that the major parties have observed for over seven decades.

"It is called the caretaker conventions and they date back to the days of Robert Menzies, Australia’s longest serving prime minister. The conventions are a feature of Westminster-style democracies.

"This is why the Liberals’ contempt for the conventions is far more than just another rort or pork.

"The caretaker period began at 10:28am on April 11 and ran for 973.5 hours.

"The value of all grants approved during the caretaker period was $587 million or just over $600,000 per hour."