Foreign Minister Julie Bishop questioned the federal government's handling of its first budget in a full meeting of the Abbott ministry on Monday night.

In an embarrassing leak from just the second meeting of the full ministry for 2015, Fairfax Media has been told Ms Bishop raised her concerns about the sales job of the first budget with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.

Several people in the meeting of the 42-member executive which includes the cabinet, outer ministry and parliamentary secretaries said Ms Bishop called for broader consultation on the "narrative" surrounding the Coalition's looming second budget.