By Hamish McDonald*
Scott Morrison didn’t end last year well: blamed by his own party for its election loss; censured by parliament for his secret ministries; twisting and turning in the witness box at the robodebt royal commission. But in one supreme sphere of government he remains a prophet, with prime minister Anthony Albanese and defence minister Richard Marles his chief disciples, backed by a supporting cast of defence and intelligence officials and security pundits, Inside Story reports.