Prime Minister Tony Abbott has reassured business and the public his ministers are "hard at work", saying they are avoiding the spin of the previous Labor government.
Mr Abbott has kept a low profile since the September 7 election, holding only two media conferences with journalists since his Liberal-National coalition government was sworn in on September 18.
While initial policy work has been announced on asylum seekers, the national broadband network and scrapping the carbon tax but no date has been set for parliament's return or an economic update and a commission of audit is still to be announced.
"I do want to assure the people of ... Australia that the new government is hard at work for them," Mr Abbott told reporters in Melbourne on Thursday.
"We are not rushing things, but we are getting things done."
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Mr Abbott confirmed he had asked ministers to clear all their media appearances with his office - an arrangement he said had worked well in opposition.
"It's very important that the government speaks with a united voice," he added.
Business groups contacted by AAP said progress was being made in private meetings with Mr Abbott, ministers and advisers.
One business group spokesman said the ministers were consulting on how election commitments could be turned into government policy.
"On climate change, industry, free trade agreements, the G20 (hosted by Brisbane in 2014), the B20 and the economy, there is a lot of consultation on how to put the meat on the bones," the spokesman told AAP.
It is understood the terms of reference for the commission of audit could be approved by cabinet next week, but the audit itself may not be completed until February.
Business and trade will be on the agenda for Mr Abbott's first prime ministerial overseas trip, for talks with Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday and Tuesday.
One of the biggest challenges for Mr Abbott will be getting legislation through the Senate, which until the changeover on July 1, 2014, will be controlled by the Greens.
From mid-2014 the coalition is likely to hold 33 senators and require the vote of another six independent or minor party crossbenchers to pass laws.
"I dare say some of them will be easier to work with than others," Mr Abbott said.
"But I'm certainly going to give every one of them the benefit of the doubt, and I'm going to give everyone of them the opportunity to work constructively with the new government."
The Abbott government may find itself wooing up to three Palmer United Party senators, as well as senators from the Liberal Democratic Party, the Democratic Labour Party and Family First.
The prime minister on Thursday announced former ASX chairman Maurice Newman would chair a new business advisory council to "restore a working relationship between government and business".
The council will meet three times a year and include representatives from the manufacturing, agricultural, services, information and resources sectors.
