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National Party leader, Matt Canavan, says people's frustration with issues including cost of living is being reflected in polling.
He says people are frustrated with a decline in living standards, which he says have seen the biggest decline of the developing world in recent years.
A fresh opinion poll out today shows the Coalition ahead of Labor 52 to 48 per cent on a two party-preferred basis.
On first preferences One Nation is on top with 31 per cent compared to Labor on 29 per cent.
Speaking on Channel 7's Sunrise, Mr Canavan says he spent last week travelling with Liberal leader, Angus Taylor, listening to the people's frustrations with the Labor Government.
"We traveled from Rockhampton to Logan, selling our plan for lower taxes, lower energy prices and lower migration, all things the Australian people want and if we do all those things we'll have and restore those higher living standards, in terms of One Nation I'm willing to cooperate with anyone to get rid of this terrible government cause I believe the Australian people want change, I want change but there's no prospect of us having a coalition because One Nation will be competing with us, they're going to run against us."
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Labor MP Tanya Plibersek tells Channel 7's Sunrise the party is delivering cost of living relief in many forms.
"Our plan is to keep focusing on what makes the biggest difference to Australians lives, we've got one tax cut this year, we've got another one coming next year, we back higher wages, we're investing in our health system, in hospitals, making it easier to see a GP bulk-billed, cheaper medicines, we're making sure people can afford a home of their own, helping first home buyers into the housing market, we're 100% focused on what makes a difference to people's lives."
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A former FIFA vice president has described current President Gianni Infantino's controversial plans to sell World Cup stakes to private investors as ludicrous.
The plan has since been scrapped.
Infantino's predecessor, Sepp Blatter - who himself faced sweeping allegations of corruption within FIFA - says the close relationship between Infantino and US President Donald Trump reached "a financial dimension that is deeply damaging football."
Former president Jim Boyce says there's undoubtedly a lot of repair work to be done, and the ordinary football fan would have been sickened by the proposal.
"Gianni Infantino, when I knew him at UEFA and when he attended those meetings with me, was a very decent, sensible sort of person. I personally think that since the Qatar World Cup, and especially now with Donald Trump, sadly to say, I think power has gone to his head. And I honestly do believe there was collaboration between Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino (over the investment plan)."
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