One could well be suspicious of the fact that promises were made to Morrison well before the election debacle. Promises of a safe and rewarding nest in which to land if the French were doublecrossed and lied to.

The ministerial code of conduct also requires former ministers to “not take personal advantage of information to which they have had access as a minister, where the information is not generally available to the public.” This is an unenforceable, and essentially dead letter. To Clancy Moore, the chief executive of Transparency International Australia, the code remains “effectively a toothless tiger”.

Source: Scott Morrison and Australia’s Lobby Complex – » The Australian Independent Media Network