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The Cabinet of Australia, [a] also known as the Federal Cabinet, is the chief decision-making body of the Australian government.The Cabinet is selected by the prime minister and is composed of senior government ministers who administer the executive departments and ministries of the federal government.
Until 1956 all members of the ministry were members of the cabinet. The growth of the ministry in the 1940s and 1950s made this increasingly impractical, and in 1956 Robert Menzies created a two-tier ministry, with only senior ministers holding cabinet rank, also known within parliament as the front bench .
The National Cabinet is the primary Australian intergovernmental decision-making forum composed of the prime minister and state and territory premiers and chief ministers of Australia’s six states and two mainland territories.
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C) is a department of the Australian Government with broad-ranging responsibilities; notably, intergovernmental and whole of government policy coordination and assisting the prime minister of Australia in managing the Federal Cabinet.
Pages in category "Members of the Cabinet of Australia" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 355 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Image Minister Position Time Period Party Enid Lyons [1]: Vice-President of the Executive Council: 1949–1951 Liberal Margaret Guilfoyle [2]: Minister for Education
The Federal Executive Council is a body established by section 62 of the Australian Constitution to advise the governor-general of Australia, [1] [2] on the matters of the federal government. The council comprises, at least notionally, all current and former Commonwealth ministers and assistant ministers.
Cabinet Secretary is a ministerial portfolio within the Australian federal government. It has existed in three periods, from 2007 to 2013, from 2015 to 2017, and since 2022. It has existed in three periods, from 2007 to 2013, from 2015 to 2017, and since 2022.