Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

The term 'executive government of the Commonwealth' in the proposed constitutional wording has the same meaning as elsewhere in the Constitution. It is the branch of government that puts laws, policies and programs into effect and is distinct from the parliament and the courts. It includes federal ministers, their departments and a range of other government entities. I expect we are going to now hear some preposterous examples of what might be the executive government.