Scott, the stupidity didn't stop with the Abbott and Hockey clown show, as it was driven by hatred of conservatives for the public sector.
hatred of the public service was a feature of Morrison's mismanagement and corruption of govt. only recently were we told that more than A$20 billion was paid to consultancies in the last year of the Morrison govt.
this was just a vignette in the LNP Snout & Trough Festival, which was the reason they were in govt.