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Australia: Fallout continues over Scott Morrison's mystery ministries

09:45 am on 17 August 2022

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Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about the bombshell revelation that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison had himself sworn in as Minister on a number of portfolios - without the knowledge of the Ministers themselves.

There's now mounting pressure on him to resign as an MP.  

Victoria has become the first state to start treaty negotiations with indigenous Australians...and concern the country is in the grip of a "civic crisis" as people pull out of volunteering.

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