# Ex-PM Morrison of Australia held down 5 jobs! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 23, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135 "2022-08-23T02:52:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135/41 "2022-12-02T00:21:45Z")
Parliament already censured Morrison, two days ago IIRC? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135/42 "2022-12-02T00:26:26Z")
I still don’t understand how this even works at all. If you’re the boss of something but nobody knows, then you’re not the boss of it. Bosses are only bosses by virtue of others knowing they’re bosses, and thus following them. ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135/43 "2022-12-02T00:56:02Z")
Well, as secret Prime Minister I gave him permission. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135/44 "2022-12-02T03:42:06Z")
Somebody knew, the GG and some parts of the bureaucracy for a start. Had he tried to exercise any of the powers in those “secret” offices, he could wave a piece of paper as proof of authority. The bottom line is there was no remotely justifiable rationale for all of it, it was a power grab pure and simple. He trusts no one but himself and his god to do anything properly. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135/45 "2022-12-03T14:59:30Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Parliament already censured Morrison, two days ago IIRC? Thanks. I’d missed that. > **[Morrison says he will not 'submit' to political intimidation as house votes...](https://amp.abc.net.au/article/101714426)** > > The House of Representatives votes to censure former prime minister Scott Morrison for secretly giving himself powers over several ministries during the height of the pandemic, after Mr Morrison rails against "retribution". ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135/46 "2024-01-23T04:16:50Z")
… and he’s now down to holding 0 jobs in Australia. We have closure. Our loss is your gain. Reports are that Mr Morrison will take up a job based in the United States. Now, sure as eggs that won’t be a political or diplomatic posting. Non-zero chance he’ll hit the god-bothering circuit. [Former prime minister Scott Morrison set to quit politics at end of February](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-23/scott-morrison-to-resign-from-politics/101277260) ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135/47 "2024-01-23T04:29:01Z")
> [@penultima\_thule](#): > > Reports are that Mr Morrison will take up a job based in the United States. 👏 Quite literally, his spiritual home. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135/48 "2024-01-23T08:35:15Z")
> [![](https://i.ibb.co/4TYZJbP/ScoMo.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/4TYZJbP/ScoMo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135/49 "2024-01-23T08:48:15Z")
You know it is a parody site, right? ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135/50 "2024-01-23T10:59:29Z")
Well let’s see … I’ll need to consult my copy of “The Chaser Annual 2023” Lead articles are: “Coles Launches Drone Strike Against Customer Who Didn’t Pay for A Grape” “Peter Dutton’s 357 Tips for Staying Negative” “George Pell Surprised to Discover Heaven is so Dammed Hot!” Aren’t these the same guys who mocked up a comedy skit where they sneaked past security dressed as bin Laden in a fake Canadian motorcade at APEC 2007? _there was “no particular reason we chose Canada, we just thought they’d be a country who the cops wouldn’t scrutinise too closely, and who feasibly would only have three cars in their motorcade—as opposed to the 20 or so gas guzzlers that Bush has brought with him”_ [sarcasm] Well whadduyaknow it is parody. Who could possibly have thunk that? [/sarcasm] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-pm-morrison-of-australia-held-down-5-jobs/970135.md?page=2)