NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has backed in former prime minister Scott Morrison, congratulating him for “making the right call” to secretly swear himself in as a second resources minister in order to scrap a controversial offshore gas project.
Mr Kean has, however, criticised Mr Morrison for not being transparent about his decision to make the unconstitutional move without telling Resources Minister Keith Pitt.
Reports have since emerged Mr Morrison had made similar moves before, and had kept his former finance minister Matthias Corman in the dark after he appointed himself as a second…
