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

You say there's going to be considerable debate about this—not from the government. There has been considerable scare campaigning by certain people claiming that particular institutions and bodies might be members of the executive, but that certainly hasn't been coming from this side of the chamber. I've already referred to my previous answer which says that it includes federal ministers and that, of course, includes assistant ministers. Just to save me repeating it: I've already said before that it also includes departments and a range of other government entities.