Scott Morrison has just been named prime minister-elect and already his to-do list is growing.
The business sector is looking forward to concrete action on tax reform and energy security.
But environmental groups are livid, with Greenpeace saying Australia deserves better than "the man who brought a lump of coal into parliament" to berate renewables supporters.
"Make no mistake, Scott Morrison is just a more polished version of Tony Abbott," Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner Alix Foster Vander Elst said.
Ernst & Young CEO Tony Johnson said business needed policy that promoted investment and confidence.
"The political turmoil of the past decade has come at the cost of our global competitiveness," he said in a statement.
"We must return to the serious business of economic reform."
The Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia hopes Mr Morrison's win won't be a prelude to unfair changes to immigration policy.
"It is the duty of the nation's leaders to ensure that public discussion around immigration and multiculturalism is conducted in a respectful manner and that Australia remains a shining example of a successful multicultural society," the council said.
The Australian Christian Lobby has extended its congratulations to Scott Morrison as the country's new Prime Minister.
"We look forward to continuing our constructive conversation with the government on religious freedom," ACL managing director Martyn Illes said in a statement.
"Religious freedom must be a priority for the Morrison ministry in light of increasing numbers of Australians who are getting in trouble with the law for living our their faith."
