Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says his wife may not be a political person but it won't stop her publicly defending him again if attacks on his attitude towards women continue.
Margie Abbott made a rare appearance on breakfast television on Friday to hit back at claims her husband was a sexist.
She said Mr Abbott "gets women" - a point she repeated across News Ltd papers, at a business lunch in Sydney's west and on Sky News on Saturday morning.
The opposition leader said he was proud of her "absolutely cracking speech".
"I suspect that there will be a few people who say `Yay, Margie for PM' after yesterday," he told reporters in Sydney on Saturday.
"She's not a political person, she's married to a politician.
"But I think she felt that there had been some untruths put into the public arena and she thought it was important to correct the record."
Mr Abbott indicated his wife could be making more appearances in the lead-up to the next election, especially if the government keeps running a "destructive, negative, personal campaign".
"Certainly, I think if the Labor party persist in this idea that there's some kind of problem with women, well Margie will be out there correcting the record again," he said.
"This is the Labor party that gave us Michael Williamson, Craig Thomson, Peter Slipper, the Australia Day riot.
"These are the masters of negativity and they're also the masters of nasty personal politics, and I want to try to avoid that."
Mr Abbott also used Saturday's press conference to defend his love for the "marvellous" British series Downton Abbey, which he claims he loves more than football.
"I'm certainly not alone, I think quite a few millions of people in this country ... have fallen in love with that program and I can't wait for series three," he told reporters.
He said his favourite character was the dowager duchess, played by Maggie Smith.
