Fifield essentially gambled on the HCA finding in favour of the Solicitor Genral's advice. If some journo uncovers the story in the event all the Citizenship 7 got off then who cares, Parry can just say he was always right under the law.
But the gamble itself in the hope it would come off is sheer idiocy. Turnbull now massively implicated on what he knew. If you thought Cash last week getting grilled about the raids and what she knew was drama, try the bloody PM covering up a citizenship debacle! Logically, it wouldn't make much sense for the PM to know about Barnaby and Parry, but having only one come forward, but that is his argument to make!
The usual suspects breaking ranks calling for an audit of all MPs makes things look a bit terminal for poor Mal...
