Why not? it was almost out of season for club rugby players & he wasn't taking players from Super Rugby squad sides.
We don't need owners going broke a couple of years in, being investigated for dodgy corporate dealings and and attempting to weaponize the ownership of one team when the other cops a ruling that their unhappy with. It'll be interesting to see how this effects MLR, but the collapse of f45 and the sides they were baking is reminiscent of the firepower saga. I also hate the whole naming a couple of teams after yourself and a classic cocktail, but that's neither here nor there.
As far as the specific recruitment of Australians goes, I don't think they were pulling too many guys away from super squads, but I'm not sure the impacts would've been too positive long term either. Either way the focus on Australian players in those teams was probably more down to the coaches - Coleman/Hoiles at the Giltinis (with Adam Freier as GM) and Sam Harris at the Gilgronis.