Months from an election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants to start the year with a fresh focus on who he is and what he wants. His latest manifesto, inspired by a holiday chat with punters at the Shoalhaven Head Hotel, makes broad appeals to moderation, family values and common sense.

But after a rocky start in the top job, Mr Morrison doesn't have much time to explain himself to Australia. And some voters in Gilmore - the highly marginal Shoalhaven seat where the PM spent his summer break - are not necessarily ready to listen.

Dairy farmer Justin Walsh, 34, on his farm in Jaspers Brush. Credit:Kate Geraghty

Justin Walsh, a 34-year-old fourth-generation dairy farmer from Nowra and a lifelong Liberal voter, is "disillusioned" with the party he has always supported.

"I've never had less confidence in the Liberal Party in my life," he says.