By definition, the biggest question posed by Malcolm Turnbull's emergency election-year reshuffle cannot be answered yet.

Has he finally got it right? That will turn on whether the atmosphere of scandal and intrigue is truly over and whether this new team can suddenly function as a well-oiled machine, remaining intact right through to the election.

On present form, that looks unlikely.

Especially given that the disunity - the not-so-faint echo of September's big bang leadership coup - is very much structural in nature, just as it had been within Labor when Kevin Rudd was torn down.