Prime Minister Julia Gillard has taken the 'necessary' steps that eased out the nagging distractions from her government but latest polls still suggested she would never secure a new mandate next year.

According to the new Newspoll survey released by The Australian this week, Ms Gillard's Labor Party faces clear rejection in the general election set for next year, with the government effectively a laggard on a primary vote of only 27 percent.

The Coalition, bannered by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, has collected a primary vote of 51 percent, the survey said, and with that came a two-party preference edge of 59 percent while Labor only managed to attract 41 percent of general voters' preference.

The survey, The Australian said, was conducted over the weekend with 1148 participants, also coinciding with Ms Gillard's revelations that she prevailed upon embattled Labor MP Craig Thomson and House Speaker Peter Slipper to stay out of the radar until their respective woes have been resolved.

Mr Slipper has agreed to extend his leave from the Speakership while Mr Thomson has been suspended from the Labor caucus, Ms Gillard said on Sunday.

Yet her actions, which according to critics came too belatedly, failed to elicit electoral support with up to 63 percent of the Newspoll survey participants expressing their dissatisfaction at Ms Gillard's governance.

She only managed to muster 28 percent of support, the same survey said.

Mr Abbott, on the other hand, enjoys a five-point advantage over the Prime Minister in the voters' satisfaction department, with his numbers pegged by Newspoll at 33 percent.

The figures, however, represented a decline of two points for the Liberal leader, presenting a glimmer of hope for Ms Gillard that maybe between now and the Election Day next year, Labor would be able to reverse the spectre of defeat that the government must deal with in the next 18 months.

But the survey results, which have been painting a likely ascension of the Liberal-National Coalition to federal rule next year, should not get into the heads of Mr Abbott and his party mates, according to Independent MP Tony Windsor, who has maintained his support for the Labor government.

In an interview with ABC on Tuesday, Mr Windsor reminded everyone that "the election is not next week."

"I've always worked on the theory if you work hard in a parliament on legitimate issues the people might give you another go," he added.

In a response, Liberal senior leader George Brandis has admitted that the series of favourable polls bolstered the morale of the opposition ranks but he assured "we are not getting ahead of ourselves."

"What the opinion poll reflects is a complete collapse of public confidence in Julia Gillard's government," Senator Brandis was reported by the Australian Associated Press (AAP) as saying on Tuesday.

He stressed that many in the Labor Party were actually resigned to the reality that it'll be a different federal government once all the numbers have been counted come the national election in 2013.