Well an election was called and they were caught short and had nothing organised and of course they want to do it on the cheap.
So he should have chartered aircraft to sit at BN on standby just in case an election was called.
The next complaint would be "why is Nicholls wasting taxpayers dollars by having an aircraft on standby in the off chance an election will be called"
Maybe he should have asked the TL refueller for advice on when he should booked the charters.