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The Federal Executive Council is the formal body holding executive (government) authority under the Australian Constitution. It is equivalent to the other Executive Councils in other Commonwealth Realms such as the Executive Council of New Zealand and is equivalent to the Privy Councils in Canada and the United Kingdom. The Executive Council is presided over by the Governor-General of Australia and exists to "advise" (in reality to direct) the Governor-General in the administration of the government. Unlike the Queen's Most Honourable Privy Council and Queen's Privy Council for Canada councils, the Leader of the Opposition is not typically appointed to the Federal Executive Council.

The Council is established by section 62 of the Constitution. Section 64 establishes that all Ministers of State (ie political minister and Parliamentary Secretary) are members of the Council. Membership of the Council is normally for life, although in practice only serving government Ministers are invited to attend meetings. The Executive Council differs from the Australian Cabinet, in that the Cabinet only includes currently serving, senior Ministers. Members of the Executive Council are entitled to the style The Honourable. Even though former Ministers (including those who have retired from political life) are rarely if ever called to attend Executive Council meetings, they formally remain "Executive-Councillors-on-call", and thus are entitled to the style "The Honourable" for life.

The position of Vice-President of the Executive Council is usually given to a Member of Cabinet. The appointment of Sir James Killen to this post in 1982 was controversial because the office was seen as a sinecure given that he held no Ministerial portfolio. He was nevertheless considered a member of the Ministry by virtue of this office, and he even administered a small, short-lived department (the Department of the Vice-President of the Executive Council).

Meetings do not require the Governor-General's attendance, but the Governor-General must be notified of the meeting in order for it to be valid. A quorum for meetings is the Governor-General and two serving ministers or parliamentary secretary. If the Governor-General is not in attendance, Quorum is the Vice-President and two serving ministers or parliamentary secretaries. In the absence of the Vice-President, quorum is three ministers, one of whom, a senior minister, will preside. In practice, meetings will only be attended by a small number of Councillors rather than the full Cabinet.

Most of the powers vested in the Governor-General, such as appointments and the authorisation of budgets, are exercisable only by "the Governor-General in Council" - that is, under advice from the Federal Executive Council. The Council acts as a formal ratification body for decisions of the Cabinet. In a parallel manner to the Royal Assent given to legislative Acts by the Governor-General after they have passed both Houses of Parliament, proposed executive actions will receive the approval of the Governor-General in Council after they have been agreed to by the Prime Minister of Australia and Cabinet.

Each States and territories of Australia also has an Executive Council, presided over in like manner by the Governors of the Australian states of that State.

The Governor-General has the power to dismiss any member of the Executive Council, but that power is rarely exercised in practice. It might be exercised, if hypothetically a former minister was convicted of a serious criminal offence.

One notable case was that of Senator Glenister Sheil (Queensland). After Malcolm Fraser's government was re-elected at the Australian general election, 1977 on 10 December, he gave consideration to the make-up of his new ministry. On 19 December 1977, he announced publicly the names of the new ministers, including Senator Sheil as the new Minister for Veterans' Affairs. Sheil was sworn in as an Executive Councillor. However, before Sheil had had a chance to be sworn in as a Minister, he made public statements about apartheid that were at odds with the government's attitude to the issue. Fraser then decided he would not proceed with his inclusion of Shiel in the ministry. His appointment as an Executive Councillor without portfolio was terminated on 22 December.Gavin Souter, “Acts of Parliament”, p. 624

References

Federal Executive Council of Australia Handbook, from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet

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