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What it can do

  • Exercise the executive power of the Commonwealth

    Executive power is vested in the King and exercisable by the Governor-General; in practice it is exercised by the Prime Minister and Ministers of State, who sit in the Federal Executive Council and must be or become members of Parliament (Constitution ss 61, 62, 64).

  • Administer departments of State

    The Governor-General appoints officers to administer the departments of State, with Ministers of State holding office during the pleasure of the Governor-General (Constitution s 64).

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  • pm.gov.au · checked Prime Minister of Australia website, Your Ministry, read 2026-10-12: Government of Australia and the Albanese Ministry. For: Government of Australia
  • legislation.gov.au · checked Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, compilation on legislation.gov.au, cited 2026-10-12 (legislation.gov.au was unreachable from the loader so the section references are from the standard text, not re-read this run; the Constitution text is at aph.gov.au/constitution): Parliament (Ch I), Executive (Ch II), Judicature (Ch III); names and structure of the Parliament, Government and High Court. For: Government of Australia
  • legislation.gov.au · checked Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, cited 2026-10-12 (legislation.gov.au was unreachable from the loader so the section references are from the standard text, not re-read this run; the Constitution text is at aph.gov.au/constitution): the sections cited in the description. For: Exercise the executive power of the Commonwealth, Administer departments of State
  • pm.gov.au · checked Prime Minister of Australia website, Your Ministry, read 2026-10-12: portfolio title of each Minister of State (cabinet and outer ministry; assistant ministers not loaded). For: Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Treasurer and 46 more
  • legislation.gov.au · checked Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, cited 2026-10-12 (legislation.gov.au was unreachable from the loader so the section references are from the standard text, not re-read this run; the Constitution text is at aph.gov.au/constitution): office, size and method of selection (ss 7, 24, 35, 17, 61-64, 72). For: Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Treasurer and 46 more
  • pm.gov.au · checked Prime Minister of Australia website, Your Ministry, read 2026-10-12: holder of each portfolio. Start date 2025-05-13: the Second Albanese ministry was sworn in that day (Wikipedia, Second Albanese ministry, fallback). For: Anthony Albanese as Prime Minister, Richard Marles as Deputy Prime Minister, Richard Marles as Minister for Defence, Penny Wong as Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jim Chalmers as Treasurer and 46 more

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