Australia changed Federal Governments a few months ago and the workings of the old one are just beginning to unravel. It is not a pretty sight, for in as much as being in government is a complicated and difficult task, incompetence will out. Always.

Only a few days ago, it was revealed that the former PM, Scott Morrison, had secretly had himself sworn in to half a dozen other ministries, including Home Affairs, Treasury and Health, that already had serving ministers. It is an extraordinary revelation that has the Opposition in pirouettes, some condemning the former PM, others keeping a low profile. You can imagine how you might feel if you were the minister in charge of a portfolio, only to find much later that your PM had secretly usurped your authority.

I am not that surprised at Morrison's behaviour. He came across as a one-man-band during Covid, omnipresent before the cameras and demanding attention be paid. He had an impossibly inflated opinion of his own ability, impossible by the standards of any human being, one that seems, sadly, to have inevitably fallen short. I don't doubt his sincerity in the midst of a crisis, but five ministries and the Prime Ministership is beyond anyone.