You posted; "bolt on his blog links to a story from nikki savva. it seems that labor research ..."
Where are the links? Without those it sounds like baseless speculation and with those two names attached; that's .... Hahahahahahaaha, very funny!
Tony Abbott is held in such high regard that Malcolm Turnbull is being flooded with requests to step up to the plate and return the favour Abbott paid him in 2010.
Even Electric Bill Shorten now leads Abbott 44:34 as preferred PM - that after just 8 months!