newspoll and abbott in tatters alp 53.5%, page-62

Boofy, it is standard practice to publicly state "polls come and go" same with when there is leadership speculation they deny it.

But behind closed doors they take notice of the polls, Abbott went as far as introducing PPL and then dragging out his wife and female staffers simply because polls showed female voters didn't like him.

Speculation is rife in the media pointing out that if Turnbull was leader the Lib's would romp in in, no doubt if the polls remain as they are or get worse leadership speculation within the liberal party will gain momentum