Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on his predecessor to apologise to parliament for his role in secretly appointing himself to five ministerial positions.

Cabinet will today also consider recommendations from a report into Morrison’s conduct, handed down last week by former High Court judge Virginia Bell.

The report made six recommendations, which included public notifications of ministerial appointments.

Albanese said a final decision on whether Morrison would be censured would rest with cabinet.

“You had a shadow government operating in an unprecedented, extraordinary way,” he said.

“You had a prime minister who was standing up in parliament and not telling his own side … let alone the parliament as a whole, who held what portfolio and who was responsible for decisions.”

Opposition workplace relations spokeswoman Michaelia Cash said she would hold off on a decision on whether to back a censure until cabinet agrees on what it would do.

“The government haven’t even themselves decided whether or not they’ll be proceeding with the censure motion, let’s just wait and see what the government does first,” she said.

The prime minister said he had heard from multiple MPs, including those not in government, that there was a need for parliament to make a statement on Morrison’s secret ministries.

“It wasn’t possible to hold ministers to account because people didn’t know who the ministers were,” he said.

“I believe that the parliament is likely to want to express a view on that and we will have a discussion of it.”