The Opposition says a South Australian mining boom is failing to materialise, but the Government disagrees.

MANY families in the bush earning under $55,000 a year would have paid no tax if the independents backed the Coalition to form government.

Members of the gutsiest Manly side of all time have implored the modern day team to carve out their own piece of history by carrying their battered and bruised bodies to finals glory.

The Liberal and Labor parties are gathering in Canberra today for the first time since the election, with both party rooms expected to re-endorse their current leadership teams and senior figures angling for jobs in the frontbenches.