Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his decision to secretly swear himself into five ministerial portfolios was in response to “extraordinary” circumstances, as well as unrealistic public expectations drummed up by media and the opposition.
“It was a very difficult time. It was a very unusual time. It was a very extraordinary time that tested every sinew and fabric of governments, not just at a federal level but at a state level as well. And in tested the very fabric and sinew of Australian society,” he told reporters on Aug. 17.
He said the situation was “very real” and that events “changed hourly, if not even more frequently than that.”…