Executive Government of the Commonwealth

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The Executive Government of the Commonwealth is the federal executive branch of Australia responsible for implementing and administering national laws and policies under the authority of the Crown and the Prime Minister.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Government of Australia
federal executive branch
accountableTo Parliament of Australia
advisedBy Federal Executive Council
linked to: Executive Council
alsoKnownAs Commonwealth Executive
Executive branch of the Commonwealth of Australia
branchOf Government of Australia
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Australia
constitutionalProvision Section 61 of the Constitution of Australia
country Australia
derivesAuthorityFrom the Crown in right of the Commonwealth of Australia
distinctFrom judicial branch of the Commonwealth
legislative branch of the Commonwealth
exercisesPowerInNameOf the King of Australia
linked to: King of Australia
headedInPracticeBy Prime Minister of Australia
linked to: Prime Minister
headOfStateRepresentative Governor-General of Australia
includesBody Australian Public Service
Cabinet of Australia
Commonwealth departments of state
Commonwealth statutory agencies
Federal Executive Council
linked to: Executive Council
includesOffice Commonwealth ministers of state
Prime Minister of Australia
linked to: Prime Minister

assistant ministers of the Commonwealth
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
legalNature executive power of the Commonwealth
mustMaintainConfidenceOf House of Representatives of Australia
operatesUnderPrinciple responsible government
oversees Commonwealth government business enterprises
Commonwealth statutory authorities
policyAreasInclude communications
defence
environment at the federal level
foreign affairs
immigration
social security
taxation
trade
politicalSystem Westminster-style parliamentary democracy
powerExercisedBy Governor-General in Council
responsibleFor administration of national policies
conduct of foreign affairs at the federal level
federal fiscal and economic policy administration
implementation of federal laws
management of Commonwealth public services
national defence administration
scope national or federal matters

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Australian Constitution establishes Executive Government of the Commonwealth
President of the Australian Senate relatedInstitution Executive Government of Australia
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth
Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands subordinateTo Australian federal executive government
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth
Acts of the Parliament of Australia bindingOn Commonwealth executive government
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth
Executive Government of the Commonwealth alsoKnownAs Commonwealth Executive
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth
Cabinet of Australia partOf Executive Government of Australia
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth
courts of Australia separateFrom Executive Government of Australia
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth
Judiciary of Australia separateFrom Executive Government of Australia
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth