The Cabinet, not mentioned in the Constitution, is the key decision-making body of the government and includes senior Government Ministers. The decisions of Cabinet are given legal impact by their formal ratification by the Federal Executive Council.
The Cabinet is appointed by the Governor-General, on the advice of the Prime Minister and serves on the former’s pleasure. The strictly personal Cabinet conferences occur once per week to discuss important issues and formulate coverage. Outside of the cabinet there are a number of junior ministers answerable for specific coverage areas, who report on to a senior Cabinet minister.
Strictly speaking, ministers in the Australian authorities could also be drawn from outside parliament, but can not remain as ministers except they’ve become a member of one of the houses of parliament within three months. The Senate has included representatives from a spread of political events, including a number of parties which have … Read More