Morrison and Berejiklian scandals show the importance of trust – and a well-functioning Cabinet
- Written by Anne Tiernan, Adjunct Professor of Politics. Griffith Business School, Griffith University
In the wake of the controversy over former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s secret cabinet appointments, there’s talk of the need to formalise the conventions the former prime minister breached.
While codification is sometimes necessary when conventions break down, this ignores the simple truth that cabinet itself is a convention.
At the...