Not two months out of Parliament, and former defence minister Christopher Pyne has set a startlingly brisk pace finding things with which to fill his time since departing Canberra.

First, according to the Adelaide Advertiser, he found a gig at local law firm Thomson Geer. That outfit operates out of the same office as GC Advisory, a consultancy run by Pyne's former chief-of-staff Adam Howard.

Retired MP Christopher Pyne will consult to EY. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

But perhaps it's not much of a coincidence after all.

One day before the May federal election, Howard's company registered Pyne & Partners.