“It’s Australia’s fault for not asking me about the secret ministries I didn’t tell anyone about”

Looks as if persons are a bit tetchy concerning the truth I took on just a few additional roles throughout the pandemic with out telling them. They even need to censure me in Parliament for God’s sake. However the truth is, I by no means hid something from anyone. Had anybody bothered to ask me whether or not I had secretly taken on 5 additional ministries and enquired a couple of sixth, in fact I’d’ve been very happy to inform them about it. However they by no means did. That’s lazy journalism. And I do know lazy.

All it might’ve taken is for a journo to say, “Hey ScoMo, do you occur to be presently liable for Australia’s assets, well being, finance, dwelling affairs, vitality and social companies portfolios?” and naturally I’d’ve mentioned ‘sure’. Fairly easy stuff actually. Journalism 101.

But now you’re having a bitch. It’s not my job to ask the questions. What did you count on me to do? Come to a media convention and say, “Ask me if I’m science minister”? That’s not my job. Properly, the science minister job was my job, however the job of asking questions – that wasn’t my job. You understand what I imply.

And now Joshy Frydenberg is all scorching underneath the collar concerning the truth I took on the treasury portfolio too. Properly, we lived collectively in Canberra for months throughout the pandemic, and never as soon as did he ask me if I’d secretly taken over his job with out telling him. I used to be proper there, prepared to inform him all about it, however he by no means requested. As an alternative we talked about tips on how to make a rooster tikka marsala, which I all the time thought was unusual.

What did Josh assume I used to be doing? Once I informed him that we had lots in widespread, I wasn’t speaking about our shared love of Tina Enviornment. I used to be referring to the truth that we had been each in control of Australia’s fiscal coverage. Fairly apparent actually.

Anyway, that’s all behind us now. Josh is now a marketing consultant for Goldman Sachs and I’m the member for Prepare dinner. And the member for eighteen different electorates, which I may’ve informed you extra about should you’d ever bothered to ask.

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