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 (8)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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
Commonwealth Treasury → subordinateTo → Executive Government of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Australia) → supports → Australian Executive Government ⓘ
subject linked to: PM&C
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth
Crown in right of Australia → represents → Australian executive government ⓘ
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth
Seat of Government Act 1908 (Cth) → governmentBranch → Commonwealth executive government ⓘ
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth
Section 61 of the Constitution of Australia → relatesTo → Commonwealth executive government ⓘ
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth
Commonwealth ministers of state → partOf → Executive Government of the Commonwealth ⓘ
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) → establishes → Executive Government of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Executive Government of the Commonwealth