Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has given the Gillard government a qualified tick of approval for two of its "reforms".
But he noted that the moves - expanding the MySchool's website and extending welfare quarantining - originated from policies of the Howard government.
Mr Abbott described the two changes as "worthy of the name reform".
"But apart from that, this government has rolled back 20 years of workplace relations reform and has turned a $20 billion surplus into a $50 billion deficit," he said in launching the first of a series of policy forums by the Liberal think-tank in Canberra on Friday.
Mr Abbott said reform mattered and the coalition was determined to be the party of reform, ideas and debate.
"In fact you may have seen quite a bit of debate from us over the last week, very vigorous debate," he said, referring to reports of dissension inside shadow cabinet over a package of spending cuts the coalition proposed as an alternative to Labor's $1.8 billion flood levy.
"One thing that can never be said about the federal parliamentary Liberal party is that we are team of parliamentary zombies or yes men."
Mr Abbott said the reforms of today were the prosperity of tomorrow, and the challenge for the coalition was to build on the plan it took to the August election.
