The Australian had a second online article about the guy, too, at the same time:

Ally tells Tony Abbott: Destabilising PM is overstepping the mark

One of the Liberal Party’s rising stars, former SAS commander Andrew Hastie, has privately warned his ally Tony Abbott that he has “overstepped the mark” in recent months by making comments viewed as destabilising to Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership.

Mr Hastie, 34, a West Australian MP who is seen as a future cabinet minister, says he remains close to Mr Abbott, whom he met after being selected as the Liberal candidate in the Canning by-election in 2015. But he sees the Prime Minister as holding a “sacred office” and nobody should be “creating mischief in the background”.

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But the conservative MP is sensitive about his portrayal in some sections of the media as a “religious nut job”.

“I don’t want to shy away from it, but in an era of identity politics and cultural Marxism, people are looking for every reason to delegitimise someone,” he says when asked if he believes in creationism.

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Yeah, another wingnut. Being Australian he’s of course more literate than the typical Trumper, but basically the same problem.