Why would any Prime Minister have themselves sworn in to multiple ministries and keep it secret from basically everyone? 

Scott Morrison says it was for the good of the Australian people who saw him as being responsible for everything. But does that fit the facts?

Today, Insiders host David Speers on what we're learning now about the motives of the man who was our leader for almost four years.

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Revelations former prime minister Scott Morrison secretly appointed himself to multiple ministerial positions and hid it for years have rocked Australian politics.

Today Radio National's Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas on the former leader's strange power grab, why he did it, and what it says about our democracy. 

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Patricia Karvelas, RN Breakfast host

The last parliament was dogged by allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct. 

But since the election, there's a new force in Canberra, with a record number of women winning seats on the parliamentary crossbench.

Today 4 Corners reporter Louise Milligan on her fly-on-the-wall access to some of the independents. 

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People love a conspiracy theory, and since very early on in the pandemic there’s been fierce debate about where COVID-19 originated. 

Did it come from a live animal market in Wuhan or leak from a research lab in the Chinese city?

New research says the lab theory can now be put to bed once and for all.

Today, world leading viral evolution expert Edward Holmes on why he was suspicious of the market six years before the disease swept the world.  

Featured: Professor Edward Holmes, viral evolution expert, University of Sydney

When two sisters from Saudi Arabia were found dead and naked in their beds in a Sydney apartment earlier this year, it shocked Australians and puzzled police.

It has raised questions about who the young women were and why they fled their homeland. 

Today, Background briefing reporter Rachael Brown on her chilling investigation into their mysterious deaths and why other Saudi women in Australia are living in fear. 

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There's a flourishing 'jobs for mates' culture in Australia, so it's hardly surprising when former politicians are appointed to lucrative overseas posts. 

But do we really have to accept it? 

In New South Wales a former deputy premier was forced to relinquish a plum United States post after a public outcry and now he's at the centre of an explosive inquiry. 

Today, Insiders host David Speers on integrity in politics and why voters are demanding more of it. 

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The reserve bank has spent most of the year furiously increasing interest rates but now the big banks are betting they'll start falling again soon. 

It's not due to an improving economic outlook. It's because the rapid rate hikes globally could land us in recession. 

Today, ABC business editor Ian Verrender on the 'miserable' state of the economy and why the credibility of the RBA is on the line. 

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Ian Verrender, ABC business editor

You would have heard by now Australia has stepped up its border security because of an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in Indonesia.

So what would happen if the disease arrived here?

Today we speak to a farmer who lived through a devastating outbreak in England in the early 2000s and the life-changing experiences of an Australian vet who went to help. 

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Robert Craig, dairy farmer, Cumbria UK

Bill Sykes, cattle farmer and veterinarian

Last year, China tested a hypersonic missile that circumnavigated the globe before hitting its target.

It surprised the world, and it was a sign of just how advanced its military has become. 

So amid calls for the US and its allies including Australia to develop better missile capabilities in response, how big is the threat? 

Today, aerospace engineer and former NASA employee, Professor Iain Boyd, on the hypersonic arms race Beijing seems to be winning.  

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Dr Iain Boyd, professor of aerospace engineering sciences, University of Colorado Boulder

History shows us changing the constitution can be an unpredictable process, but Anthony Albanese has made it clear that's one of his main aims during his first term as leader. 

He's pushing ahead with a referendum on a First Nations Voice to Parliament, which would enshrine in the constitution a body to advise on matters relating to Australia's first peoples, and already there's resistance. 

Today, ABC Radio National Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas on what could be a difficult path ahead.

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Patricia Karvelas, host, ABC Radio National Breakfast