PM applauded for declaring she will fight

15 Jul 2012, 1:49 pm   -   Source: AAP
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told the NSW Labor conference that she will not 'lie down and die'. (AAP)

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told the NSW Labor conference that she will not 'lie down and die'. (AAP)

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told the NSW Labor conference that she will not 'lie down and die' despite recent poor polling.

Delegates at the NSW Labor conference gave Prime Minister Julia Gillard a 20-second round of applause when she declared she wasn't about to `lie down and die'.

With polls showing the Gillard government on course for an electoral wipe-out, the prime minister gave a backhanded compliment to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

"Tony Abbott got it right when he told his party room: she won't lie down and die," Ms Gillard told 850 delegates in Sydney Town Hall on Sunday as she recalled the opposition leader's comments in May.

Along with the thunderous applause from the conference floor, there was laughter when Ms Gillard said: "Delegates, a lot of things get said about prime ministers, some of them are even printable.

"And this year, I received the best compliment I have ever had in my life time.

"It came from the opposition so never let it be said it's impossible to get agreement between the two parties."

A day after Queensland Liberal National Party president Bruce McIver told his party conference future Labor leaders needed to be tied to the "toxic Labor brand", Ms Gillard said the ALP was more than a brand.

"Delegates, sometimes when reforming our great party is talked about, people say there is a problem with the Labor brand," Ms Gillard said.

"But delegates, Labor isn't a brand, it's a cause."

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