Ben Morton’s previously unknown appointment by governor general David Hurley revealed in documents published under FOI laws
Scott Morrison’s former assistant minister, Ben Morton, was appointed to administer the home affairs department in March 2021, in a move not publicly disclosed at the time in official ministry lists or a swearing-in ceremony.
“The PM has asked Assistant Minister Morton to have oversight of the Global Talents Taskforce, located in the Department of Home Affairs,” Rush wrote, referring to an international talent attraction taskforce under the former government’s JobMaker plan.Singer replied the next day: “This will be fine”.
The documents include an instrument, signed by Hurley and Morrison, stating: “I David John Hurley ... hereby appoint Ben Morton, a member of the federal executive, to administer the Department of Home Affairs.” In the note, Morrison’s department recommended he advise Hurley that Morton and the other redacted member did not need to be formally sworn in, because their titles would not change “as a result of the minor administrative changes being made to their responsibilities”, the documents show.
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