SYDNEY: Australia’s prime minister-elect Tony Abbott will not be sworn in until next week but he has already stamped a markedly different style on government, fostering an air of studious, steady calm.

That stands in stark contrast to the “chaos” he liked to accuse his Labor predecessors of fomenting as almost hourly soundbites, lengthy press conferences and briefings were cranked out in an effort to control the 24-hour news cycle.

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