There is still no word on the federal poll date even as the government is set to update Australians on the state of the economy today.

Labor's economic record will be in focus, with Treasurer Wayne Swan to unveil new economic forecasts, with more details about projected revenue from the remodelled resources tax.

A spokesman for Mr Swan said it was "appropriate" to inform the public on the economy's performance under the new government.
The latest figures would prove the budget's return to surplus in three years, he said.

There are more signs an election date could be announced in the next few days.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard is scheduled to address the last of her nominated priorities, climate change, this week, ahead of calling an election for late August.

She will make her first nationally-televised address to the National Press Club in Canberra on Thursday, although is not expected to declare a climate policy.

Meanwhile, the government opposition says, Labor would be taking the community as idiots if it called a federal poll in the next few weeks.

"If Julia Gillard runs off to the polls it will convince people that the change of leadership was no more than a political fix to get them through an election," said opposition finance spokesman Andrew Robb.

"They take the community as idiots," Mr Robb said of any government move to call an election in the "next three or four weeks".