I guess there were some people who thought that the leopard Tony Abbott may have changed his spots after his look-we've-changed 2015 federal budget. The polls certainly suggest this.
As William Bowie wrote in his Poll Bludger column in Crikey.com: 鈥淎 flurry of post-budget opinion polls adds up to a solid increase in the Coalition鈥檚 standing, with Tony Abbott鈥檚 personal standing now rivalling his least-bad results since his short-lived post-election honeymoon.鈥