The Sussan Ley scandal highlights the monumental problem facing the Turnbull government in restoring its public standing to anything remotely good enough to be re-elected. As usual, it has all been its own doing. Ms Ley’s lavish use of public money for private purposes is so blatant and brazen that it could not have happened by an oversight or by misinterpreting the opaque rules that govern these so-called entitlements.