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Editor's note
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison might not have any easy solutions when it comes to Bridget McKenzie and the sports grants saga.
After referring the matter to the head of the prime minister's department to determine whether McKenzie breached ministerial standards, Morrison now has to decide how he’ll handle the situation politically.
As Michelle Grattan writes, he has few options. Prime ministers these days hate giving scalps to the opposition, she says. And McKenzie has plenty of protection.
More troubling for Morrison is the fact his government is in bad shape as parliament prepares to reconvene, thanks to his handling of the bushfires and now the scandal surrounding McKenzie.
Grattan says the recent events call for a rethink about his prime ministerial durability.
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Justin Bergman
Deputy Editor: Politics + Society
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Top story
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Bridget McKenzie’s political future could be determined by Scott Morrison’s inquiry into whether she breached ministerial standards.
Lukas Coch/AAP
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The damaging longer-term risk for Prime Minister Scott Morrison is that some people have re-thought their view of him over the sports grants saga and his missteps in handling the bushfires.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has asked his department to probe whether Bridget McKenzie was in breach of ministerial standards in her handling of the sports grants program.
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Howard Whitton, University of Canberra
Our government has grappled for years to devise ethical standards for ministers and other officials. But codes are only part of the answer – MPs must also take responsibility for their own conduct.
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Smoke form Australia’s bushfires could be seen from space. But who should be held to account for the problem?
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