Andrew Hastie has never been one for the theatre of parliamentary question time.

While his colleagues and political opponents revel in hurling insults and interjections across the chamber floor, the Liberal MP has more often than not remained conspicuously muted. Future Liberal leader or party disruptor? Andrew Hastie and the rise of the ‘Maga right’ Read more

So he was on Tuesday afternoon as he watched on quietly from his new seat on the opposition backbench, the star of his own political theatre.

As Sussan Ley and her communications spokesperson, Melissa McIntosh, fired question after question at Anika Wells over the Optus triple-zero failure, the attention of gallery journalists and photographers was focused elsewhere.

Taking up a seat alongside rightwing ally Tony Pasin, the

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