AS awkward kissing moments go, this is one of the best.

Tony Abbott was caught in a cringeworthy clinch with Lisa Newman, the wife of Queensland Premier Campbell Newman, in Brisbane yesterday.

The Opposition Leader was in Queensland to address his adoring party faithful at the annual LNP Convention, telling members that he "can hear the drums" of an election beating and urged them to use "every fibre" of their beings to ensure the Coalition was elected.

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Mr Abbott attacked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's policies on asylum seekers, mining and climate change and peppered his speech with favourite one-liners - "stop the boats", "end the debt" and "abolish the carbon tax".

Mr Abbott warned that despite Mr Rudd's faults, he was a much stronger adversary than Julia Gillard.

"I've got to say I am grateful to Mr Rudd because if there's one thing he's done, he has dispelled any complacency that might have existed on our side of politics," Mr Abbott said.

"Let's have no doubt, we have a fight on our hands."