Abbott promises a day of action straight after he is sworn in LIVE: Abbott's ministry sworn in Tony Abbott becomes our 28th Prime Minister after being sworn in by Governor General Quentin Bryce, live from Yarralumla, Canberra. PT0M0S http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2twqk 620 349 September 17, 2013 Prime minister-elect Tony Abbott plans to hit the ground running on Wednesday afternoon, issuing orders to scrap the carbon tax, stop the Clean Energy Finance Corporation from writing business, and cease granting permanent protection visas to asylum seekers found to be refugees who had arrived by boat. Dubbing it his first "'action day," Mr Abbott said he would take the initial steps to get Coalition election policies in train "as soon as I return from Parliament House from the swearing in ceremony." We will deliver results for the Australian people from day one. The first Abbott ministry will be sworn in by Governor-General Quentin Bryce at a lavish, and no doubt lengthy, ceremony at Government House beginning at 10.20am. All 41 members of the executive will take the oath of office including 19 cabinet ministers, 11 outer ministry members and 12 parliamentary secretaries. "Today is not just a ceremonial day, it's an action day," Mr Abbott said. The Australian people expect us to get straight down to business, and that's exactly what this government will do. As soon as I return to Parliament House from the swearing-in ceremony, I will instruct the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to prepare the carbon tax repeal legislation. He said this would immediately lift the pressure off households and businesses and would save the average family "more than $550 a year from 2014-15." He also pledged to start the process to scrap the CEFC. The treasurer, Joe Hockey, will instruct the Clean Energy Finance Corporation board to suspend its operations and cease making payments and [he] has instructed the Treasury to prepare legislation to permanently shut down the corporation. Wednesday also marks the beginning of Mr Abbott's new border protection regime under the banner of Operation Sovereign Borders. From today the Immigration Department will immediately cease granting permanent protection visas to illegal boat arrivals and will start the process of reintroducing temporary protection visas which will deny permanent residency to those who have already arrived illegally by boat. We will deliver results for the Australian people from day one and live up to our pledge to have a safe, secure Australia and a strong, prosperous economy. Mr Abbott also confirmed he will visit Jakarta on September 30. The promise of action comes as he faced criticism for naming a cabinet with just one woman: foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop. A variety of commentators criticised the outcome as unrepresentative of a modern Australia and of sending the wrong message. Labor leadership hopeful Bill Shorten said Mr Abbott had been disingenuous in claiming he would have liked to promote more women in his administration but had none to choose from. Independent Cathy McGowan held a seemingly unassailable lead of 387 votes over Liberal Sophie Mirabella at the end of Tuesday's counting in Indi, with fewer than 1200 votes to be counted. In McEwen, Labor's Rob Mitchell has extended his lead to 289 votes, with more than 5500 votes remaining to be counted. In Fairfax, mining magnate Clive Palmer's lead was down to 64 votes. Almost 2500 votes are still to be counted. In the Senate, the final seats in Tasmania and Western Australia are still in doubt, with recent counting eroding the lead of the Palmer United Party's Jacqui Lambie in Tasmania, and the Australian Sports Party's Wayne Dropulich in WA. In NSW, incoming assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos is not across the line. Dan Harrison, Tim Colebatch