The rousing rejection suffered by the Australian Labor Party in Queensland on Saturday would necessarily lead to a federal government being bannered by the Coalition come next year's national elections.

This according to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, whose poll numbers in the past few months bolstered his chances of ousting current Prime Minister Julia Gillard when the two collide for the right to lead the country in 2013.

What happened over the weekend, Abbott said, were Queensland voters expressing their collective dismay on Labor policies, at least in that part of Australia.

Queensland Labor led by Anna Bligh only won seven seats as against to the Liberal Party's triumphant capture of the state government with 78 seats already secured as of late Saturday, according to Agence France Presse (AFP).

Political observers viewed the Labor setback as a major loss for the Labor-led national government as Queensland serves as the home of two key party leaders - Ms Gillard and Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan.

Will the weekend election results be replicated in the national theatre?

Abbott would love to wish that it is the case but he was quick to underscore the reality that "there's no such thing as a sure thing in politics," so a landslide Liberal win by next year would be the last thing on his 'sure list'.

In an interview with Fairfax Radio on Monday, the Liberal headliner was somewhat reserved in claiming a sure victory for the federal opposition.

"The last thing I want to do is get cocky," the Opposition Leader was reported as saying by the Australian Associated Press (AAP).

Instead, Abbott is more inclined to drum up voters' attention on pertinent issues, which he said were the invincible force that blocked Bligh's chances of extending her rule in Queensland.

Bligh was turned back by Queensland voters despite her sterling record as chief executive of the state, analysts said.

The outcome of the vote further convinced him that Australians do really care on kept promises and policies that would uplift their social and economic states.

While acknowledging that many months will have to be counted before the Labor-Liberal national face-off and "all sorts of other things could happen between now and then," Abbott said he's focusing this early on showing to voters that he is a man of his words.

Abbott stressed that as earlier pledged, he would work on the immediate repeal of the carbon pricing and the implementation of the Coalition's immigration policy, specifically the turning back of boat refugees to Indonesia.

"I've got the message loud and clear from the public - you make a commitment you've got to keep it," Abbott stressed.

Yet while the Liberal leader was playing coy on his likely success next year, his Nationals counterpart, Senator Barnaby Joyce, plans to lay down the foundation of his possible role in the Coalition government.

Joyce told the Sky News on Monday that he would shift from the Senate to the House of Representative next year, a move that political observers said would position him as the next deputy prime minister.

"I want to get to the lower house ... for the next election," the Nationals leader was quoted by the network as saying.