Abbott created border force and the enforcement powers that it has. It is hardly surprising that when you give such unlimited and uncontrolled powers to people, that they end up using those powers in unexpected ways. The whole idea of border farce was unnecessary overkill in the interest of looking strong and wedging Labor. He therefore deserves the opprobrium he has received even if he is not directly responsible for this outrageous snafu.
Secondly, your assertion that Hockey won the defamation case is somewhat misleading as all who followed the case will know. Indeed, he lost most of the case and ended up out of pocket.
