Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he prays every day for an election victory.

In a post-budget address to Liberal National Party members and supporters in Brisbane on Tuesday, Mr Abbott repeated his key lines of attack on the Gillard government’s economic strategy, but also revealed his impatience waiting for the September 14 election showdown.

‘‘A government that began with so much promise late in 2007 is almost collapsing in embarrassment now,’’ he told the 400 audience members at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

‘‘In 116 days it will change. 116 days, that’s all we’ve got left. I know you’re impatient, I’m certainly impatient, and frankly we should be impatient to build the better Australia we can be.