One of the prime minister’s top foot soldiers - who also happens to be a 25-year-old bloke from Queensland - took pride of place in the Reservoir Dogs-esque “squad walk” to last Monday’s Liberal leadership showdown.
There nestled among Malcolm Turnbull's team of agitators was Queensland MP Wyatt Roy, striding into last Monday's leadership spill - you could almost imagine Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" playing in the background.
But the symbolism was BIG: He'd found his way into the inner circle of the new PM, helped work the phones and do the numbers, and the parliament's youngest ever member had graduated to the big leagues.
On Sunday Roy was handsomely rewarded for for his efforts, being named assistant minister for innovation - one of the youngest politicians to ever assume such a senior government role.
Incredibly honoured & humbled PM @TurnbullMalcolm has asked me to serve as the new Assistant Minister for Innovation.
BuzzFeed News spoke to Roy in the wake of the party insurrection. The young MP says the Liberal party now needs to go positive, while leaving behind some vicious and stinging words for former prime minister Tony Abbott's leadership.
"We are not going to let fear define our policy responses to a changing world," he said.
"I think we saw the soundbite die the other day. Rather than going to that soundbite and that bubble-wrapping, we will remove the bubble wrap from politics. That will also mean conceding points. You saw it in Question Time, Malcolm conceded some points."
It's no secret that party moderates like Roy had been tearing their hair out over the Abbott regime.
They have throbbing man crushes on white, Christian, moderate leaders like NSW premier Mike Baird, NZ prime minister John Key and UK prime minister David Cameron.
"A Mike Baird, John Key, David Cameron style of leadership, it's authentic," said Roy, arguing that Turnbull is the next name in that sequence.
"In a more connected world, in a more exposed world, every element of our lives is out there for people to see. It's on steroids. So that means accepting that we have character flaws and not being afraid to share those with people."
Roy has some strong feelings about the need to rethink the way Aussie politicians reach out to the electorate - that is, drop the embattled approach to social media.
"I think the biggest thing is actually not being afraid to share the thought process. This is Mike Baird's biggest difference," he said, pointing to the NSW premier's recent use of Facebook to single-handedly reshape Australia's politics on refugees and the GST.
"If you look at Mike Baird with what he did on sharks, using his Facebook post. On Syrian refugees. You can't simply say our policies are right because we're the smartest people."
Baird's use of social media - even his ridiculously popular, spontaneous live-tweeting of the Bachelor finale - shows they need to focus on those who get their news through social media.
"Facebook is the place where people consume information. They are watching less TV, they are reading less newspapers. My best mates are not political at all. You know they watch Netflix. They're not watching the nightly news bulletins," he said, waving around his iPhone as he spoke.
"I can't remember the last time I watched the nightly news bulletins. They're not reading the broadsheet newspapers. Or if they are they're going through their Facebook pages."
But at the heart of the change of leadership is a fundamental, irreconcilable conflict one of Australia's biggest social issues: Turnbull and Roy now support a marriage equality plebiscite.
"It is a decision that is arrived by the members of the parliamentary team and the fact that all Australians will have a say, is a good thing," said the young Queenslander, just months after committing to cross the floor on the issue.
What about the expense? What about the fact the Senate said its an issue for the parliament? What about all the times you disagreed with a plebiscite?
"It is expensive. But it is money well spent in my mind because in many ways it will help bring the community together."
For a new way of government, the aggressive spin sounded very familiar.