DP,

Beware of hubris. It has the habit of coming back to bite you.

Well you lost me there Belly.

Gillard = 46% preferred PM approval rating

Abbott = 32% preferred PM approval rating

What don't some of you people understand about that?

Abbott LOST the last election, at a time when any opposition monkey (other than Abbott) would have easily won it. It will be TWICE as hard for the coalition to win the next election "if" Abbott is still their leader. Let's face it, Pyne, Hockey and Bishop are professional whingers, and all very angry and immature, and TOTALLY unsuitable to lead any political party. The Coalition's ONLY hope is Malcolm Turnbull. He will almost certainly be the person leading them into the next election. Even then, they'll have a huge fight on their hands to win, because of Australia's brilliant economic performance under Labor leadership (recognised the world over by nearly ALL major institutions and ratings agencies).

Well said Diamond.

I agree Turnbull is their only hope.

Many people dislike Gillard, but prefer her over Abbott any day.
The Liberals will have to act on that well before the next election, if they want to go into the next election with a fighting chance.

Personally, I can't wait until they do!

Juliar failed to win the 2010 election that given the huge lead that Labor had, a goat could have won. She then proceeded to lie to the electorate.

Given the polls only a month ago and the difference with Nielson polls, I would say your jubilation is a little premature. Juliar's deceit hasn't been forgotten, labor's promised budget surplus has all but evaporated, and the council elections gave labor a hiding.

Shadow Minister "thinks" Labor hasn't been in government since 2010. Hilarious. Ha ha ha ha ha. The Labor victory in 2010 has set our country well on the way towards economic well being, and future prosperity, as verified by close to ALL international institutions and ratings agencies.

The 4 prominent Liberals, Pyne, Hockey, Abbott and Bishop are all very angry, immature people who are still spitting the dummy over their election loss in 2010. All 4 of them would be extreme embarrassments if any of them were PM. The Liberals need to look elsewhere for their future leaders.