To be fair to him and you Plague, there's a few quotes in there that sound reasonable and along the lines of "Lets take a look at things before we take the splurge".
Having said that, I firmly believe the primary reason he wanted to take a look at things is to be the antagonistic opposition leader he was born to be.

But there's also some pretty laughable ones.

https://www.computerworld.com.au/art...ny_abbott_nbn/