Tony Abbott addresses crowds following his election win. Picture: Gary Ramage. Source: News Limited
TONY Abbott has pledged to be a respectful, thoughtful national leader for all Australians who will drop the "tribal chief" act of opposition.
In his first interview as Australia's Prime Minister-elect, Mr Abbott said he was ready to take on the responsibility that he had been preparing for "my whole life."
Vowing to get his agenda moving to stop the boats and abolish the carbon tax from "Day 1" Mr Abbott said he wanted to govern for all Australians including those who would never vote for him.
"I am very conscious of the fact that opposition leaders are tribal chiefs but prime ministers have to be national leaders,'' Mr Abbott told the Sunday Herald Sun.
"You have to govern for everyone including the people that didn't vote for you and the people who probably won't ever support you. That's the nature of the job. While I certainly can't promise that everyone is going to agree with everything an incoming government does, I certainly intend to be a consultative, collegiate prime minister.
Tony Abbott is congratulated by the crowd after his victory. Source: News Limited
"I intend to be respectful, thoughtful prime minister who as far as humanly possible talks to people before you make decisions rather than simply imposes decisions on people and argues with them afterwards"
Mr Abbott, 55, said he was ready to take on the biggest responsibility of his political life.
"I am conscious of the fact that it is an extraordinary weight of responsibility. It's an extraordinary weight of responsibility,'' he said.
"But there is a sense in which I guess my whole life, particularly the last twenty years in the Parliament, has been a preparation for this moment. And I am confident that I am as ready as any incoming Prime Minister has been."
Mr Abbott warned the Senate not to defy voters verdict.
"Scrapping the carbon tax and stopping the boats are the two most urgent priorities. I expect the Parliament to respect the mandate of an incoming government. And as I have said time and time again I think it would be the height of political folly for the Labor Party should they lose the election, which is referendum on the carbon tax, to persist in support for a carbon tax. It would just prove to the electorate that the Labor Party doesn't listen.''
His biggest lesson watching the chaos of the Rudd-Gillard leadership wars was a simple one.
"Don't tell fibs and don't be incompetent. I mean incompetent, deceitful governments suffer as they should."
Tony Abbott addresses the crowd for the first time after his election win. Source: News Limited
Mr Abbott said he would be back at work today for his first briefings with staff and public servants.
"Our absolute priority will be deliver on our commitments, starting from Day 1. The preparations obviously would start from tomorrow and I would expect to be receiving preliminary briefings from the senior public servants tomorrow,'' he said last night.
"Obviously, we will swiftly implement Operation Sovereign Borders and one component is a much more active program of intercepting vessels and where possible turning them around - rather than escorting them to Christmas Island.''
Mr Abbott said it was tough day for the Labor Party but voters always got it right.
"The tragedy of the current government is that they have overpromised and under delivered. To put it at its most kind. As far as the general public is concerned I think they have been utterly incompetent and utterly untrustworthy. The last thing that I would want to do is not only prejudice the prospects of an incoming government by going on in the same vein as this one but I am determined to do whatever I can to rebuild trust and confidence in the polity more generally. That won't happen through big talk. It will happen through steady, purposeful government which appreciates that in the end it is deeds that matter more than words.''
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