Federal Parliament Resumes: The Calm before the Storm perhaps?

Like many 'normal' people I've been astounded by the lack of media surrounding the various decisions and policy directions of the new Abbott Coalition Government.
Any utterance from the previous government, not an official Coalition but an uneasy alliance of groups, was met from many influential media commentators with a form of viciousness and hysteria that effectively blocked any conversation on what was actually happening.
The current calm, honeymoon period would seem welcome except that I suspect the very media restraint has more to do with control than anything real.

My acquaintance with the 48 Laws of Power indicates Law 4: Always say less than necessary is being followed scrupulously by both Coalition politicians and their media colleagues. Thus we hear very little happening about the "Stop the Boats" promise. News is seemingly coming through, supposedly from Indonesian sources, of boats being stopped at sea, being 'sent' back to Indonesia and having this action refused by the sovereign Indonesian Government. The boats are then taken to Christmas Island.
End result - the policies are not working!
So although the Boat numbers have slowed, before and after the elections, due to the government policy of off-shoring the migration, the boats have not stopped. But our daily 'information' has.
"Knowledge is power" said Sir Francis Bacon (or the latin translation)
Lack of media criticism is worrying but lack of media hysteria is not.

Today Tony Windsor, ex Interdependent MP from New England, gave a thoughtful answer to why the Carbon Tax should not be repealed (ABC Radio 774) . As a farmer of many years and politician as well, I have always been impressed at how he actually answers the questions, not with personal attacks, OTT hysteria and a rising voice of anger, but a considered statement of his views, experience and indication of actual knowledge. He will be missed.

So the first action of Tony Abbott's Government will be the repeal of the Carbon Tax. I urge all the opposition parties in both Houses and particularly the Senate, to hold firm. Don't abolish the Carbon Tax. The people are not always right particularly if fed misinformation, business is not always right and the environment is needing a helping hand. We must pay for our pollution and we must allow policies that affirm the right of the environment ahead of almost anything else.
Can you imagine Typhoon Hiyan hitting Brisbane or Sydney?? What cost for a few $$ per day to us all, including business?