The particular soundworld of Australia's natural environment provides striking and distinctive elements for the composer's imagination to work with.

“The thick slippery feel of my bottle’s rubber nipple inside my mouth,” he recalls verblessly.

It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

He will rattle into Canberra surrounded by a coterie of swivel-eyed trusties like Peta Credlin as chief of staff, Andrew Bolt as media director and Greg Sheridan as national security adviser.