Tony Abbott thinks election campaigns should be budgie smuggler free zones.
But activists hope a giant red pair of swimmers - created in wool by a team of 100 knitters - sends a clear message on what's good taste to the man who would be PM.
"Budgie smugglers more threat to Australia than people smugglers," said the writing on their four-metre banana hammock.
The budgie smugglers were unfurled in front of the polling booths at St Mary's Catholic Church hall in Manly, in Mr Abbott's electorate of Warringah.
But pressure from Liberal Party volunteers and the council forced the Knit Your Revolt! group to move across the road.
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Their wool creation was accompanied by a second banner that read "Misogynistic knit-wit not PM material" and included a knitted effigy of Mr Abbott.
Group spokeswoman Casey Jenkins said using a traditionally feminine craft to make a political statement against Mr Abbott was important.
"We want to draw attention to Abbott's nature and attitude towards women, and the general attitude towards women that seems to be prevalent in the political sphere," she told AAP.
"We hope that people will feel strongly enough about this to reject Abbott entirely."
With the polls indicating a coalition victory, Ms Jenkins said Mr Abbott badly needed to change his attitude.
"If he does get through, then we hope that people will hold him to a higher standard than he's been setting for himself so far," she said.
"Often people refer to him as making gaffes.
"To me, it seems to be more serious than that. They're not slips of the tongue. They're not mistakes.
"They're indicators of his actual attitude."
