The campaign to install a new prime minister "is dying", with polls showing a "significant turnaround" for the Abbott government, according to a senior cabinet minister.
Dissidents' hopes for a second spill motion against Tony Abbott as early as Tuesday faded on Monday after the latest Fairfax-Ipsos poll confirmed a turnaround in the government's standing just three weeks after the Prime Minister survived an attempt to remove him as leader.
The Coalition's primary vote has risen to 42 per cent and the government is now within striking distance of Labor, which leads 51-49 per cent on a two-party preferred basis. It is the closest the Coalition has come to being competitive since October 2014.
Speaking from Vancouver, Canada, Trade Minister Andrew Robb took aim at the "elusive bank of unnamed colleagues" waging a campaign for change through "spurious leaks" to the media.
"It [the campaign to oust Mr Abbott] is dying because the voters have spoken, we're seeing very strong movement back," Mr Robb told the ABC.
"I think these elusive unnamed colleagues have got a clear responsibility to the rest of the team and to the country to pull their heads in."
