> But really, his treatment this week of Karen Andrews, his former home affairs minister, was particularly gratuitous.
By Tuesday Mr Morrison had contacted Mathias Cormann and Josh Frydenberg (both now out of parliament) to apologise personally for failing to tell them he was wading into their portfolios, unannounced.
It took until Thursday morning, after Andrews had said on TV that she hadn't heard from him and Peter Dutton had publicly told him to contact her, for Morrison to finally get in touch.