Re your post; "... Abbott & co will have to present their policies and costings to the electorate in due time. ..."
Well last time round at the 2010 Election that was at the death knell, in the last moments of the election.
And of course we all know what happened then - the $11b funding black hole so steadfastly denied which was exposed after the election but 'cleansed' during it by a now discredited audit.
Well the Tony Abbott leopard also has spots - that's why his dissatisfaction rates continues at 60%!
Unless Abbott comes clean with mainstream Australians he has absolutely NO right just to be handed government because people are cranky with Julia Gillard & Co.