ABC: throw pies at Abbott’s face, page-132

Looks like the LNP are still leaking to the media with Hockey the target.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...ven-before-mondays-spill-20150210-13b2dk.html


Malcolm Turnbull was sounded out by colleagues, before December's ministerial reshuffle, as to whether he would accept the Treasury portfolio, as senior figures searched for ways to revive the government's flagging performance and sharpen its economic arguments.
The news comes after a day in which confusion gripped the government on several fronts, potentially mocking Mr Abbott's post-spill promise that "good government starts today".

It is not known whether the proposal was done with Mr Abbott's specific authorisation.
The revelation suggests Mr Abbott may have been considering the high-risk manoeuvre of dumping his Treasurer long before events cascaded out of control in January. Those events resulted in a backbench revolt and a spill motion driven by bad polls, unhappiness with Mr Hockey and the unpopularity of his first budget.
Mr Abbott remains under pressure to switch, in a bid to improve the economic messaging, and to neuter a potential leadership rival with a promotion to the government's second most important job.
A number of Liberals argue Mr Hockey should be replaced with Mr Turnbull as the key marker of Mr Abbott's new approach to government.
Others say it is impossible to sack a treasurer and it would cause "mayhem" internally.
Nonetheless, there are signs of distancing between Mr Abbott and his Treasurer, such as the frank admission on Monday that the budget had been a political failure that was "too bold and ambitious" and contained initiatives that were never explained well enough to voters.
The fallout from Monday's failed leadership spill has sparked fresh recriminations within the government, brought allegations of treachery among cabinet ministers, and caused confusion over a votes-for-subs scandal associated with the future submarines project.
Just one day after Mr Abbott survived the move, dissatisfaction has broadened to include Mr Hockey's performance as the government's most senior economic minister.