Former prime minister Tony Abbott is maintaining his high-vis presence in national media, using morning television to cement expectations of "a term of delivery" for the Turnbull government.

Two days shy of the anniversary of his ousting as prime minister, Mr Abbott said "a lot of good things have happened over the last year", but declined to directly answer whether Malcolm Turnbull had been a "good prime minister".

"There was a good two years followed by a good 12 months, an election win, and now we have got three years to get on with governing," he told Channel Nine's Today program as politicians returned to Canberra on Monday.

"As Prime Minister Turnbull says, this is going to be a term of delivery," he continued, in what could be seen as an ultimatum to his flailing successor.