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  Government of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy, a federation and a parliamentary democracy.
The federal nature of the Commonwealth and the structure of the Parliament of Australia was the subject of protracted negotiations among the colonies during the drafting of the Constitution.
Until the passage of the Australia Act 1986, and associated legislation in the parliament of the United Kingdom, some Australian cases could be referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for final appeal.
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 Australia - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Australia's neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east.
The executive: the Federal Executive Council (the Governor-General as advised by the executive councillors); in practice, the councillors are the prime minister and ministers of state, whose advice the Governor-General accepts, with rare exceptions.
Australia led the formation of the Cairns Group and APEC, and is a member of the OECD and the WTO.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/a/u/s/Australia.html   (4630 words)

  
 Federal Executive Council - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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.
The position of Vice-President of the Executive Council is occasionally given to a Member of Cabinet, typically a Minister without portfolio.
www.voyager.in /Federal_Executive_Council   (506 words)

  
 Top 20 Encyclopedia
Until the advent of responsible government, Executive Councils existed primarily to advise the governor of the colony, dominion or realm.
Executive Councils still have the power to make far-reaching administrative and legal decisions affecting their jurisdictions known as Orders-in-Council.
These Councils have almost the same functions as the Privy Council in the United Kingdom, and accordingly, decisions of the Cabinet gain legal effect by being formally adopted by the Executive Council.
encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Executive_Council   (392 words)

  
 Executive Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
the Executive Council of Macau which advises and assists the Chief Executive of Macau
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
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