Nemesis, page-36

Abbott was toxic with the electorate. Then there was Credlin who also wasn't liked. Even Murdoch wanted her sacked.
The only thing that turned the ship around was the leadership change to Turnbull. Then along came the liar from the shire and Dutton. When will the nohopers get it.

I see it's been revealed that Abbott wanted to send Aussie troops into East Ukraine when MH17 got shot down. The bloke was unstable.
The defence chief convinced him it would be a very poor idea. They negotiated a shirt fronting instead, but settled on nursing a koala.