″It’s like ‘On the Buses’ with Benny Hill, except it’s retitled ‘Under the Buses’. Ayres wants to throw Amy Brown under a bus. The Premier wants to throw Ayres under a bus. Ayres says: ‘Just try, and I’ll throw you and your government under a bus.’ ” Meanwhile, “Benny Hill gets to play John Barilaro in this screwball comedy featuring newcomer Spooky Moohkey as ‘The Nerd from Hell.’ ”

This parody forms part of a text message one NSW Liberal power broker shared with a colleague at the beginning of a torrid week for the NSW Coalition government, and its premier, Dominic Perrottet.