abbott 1st wk as pm will withdraw fbt changes

Mr Abbott has pledged that - if elected - he would in that first week:

• Study the Blue Book, the official document showing an incoming Prime Minister what all the government departments were doing;

• Establish the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council to be headed by Warren Mundine;

• Instruct public servants to - "as a priority,'' he wrote on August 5 - prepare legislation to repeal the Clean Energy Legislation Package which sets carbon pricing;

• Officially prepare to establish a Commission of Audit to review government finances;

• Launch Operation Sovereign Borders under a three-star general to co-ordinate operations related to asylum seekers arriving by boats;

• Monitor the Syria situation and Australia's role on the UN Security Council;

• Withdraw regulation changes covering the Fringe Benefits Tax on fleet cars;

• Prepare for the return of Parliament which is scheduled to come back on September 9 but which will be postponed for a few weeks;

• Start the difficult task of putting together a ministry, which will involve good news for some of his colleagues and disappointment for others as Mr Abbott already has a shadow front bench of 47 when the legislated maximum in government is 42.