Chapter 4 Roles and powers of the Prime Minister, Cabinet and the Ministry Flashcards
These two groups make up the ‘Outer Ministry’
Junior Ministers and Assistant Ministers
All authority of the Prime Minister stems from Westminster ________
conventions
This section of the Constitution declares that all Ministers must be Members of Parliament
s64
Which convention states that all Ministers must publicly support the executive
Cabinet Solidarity
Three elements of Individual Ministerial responsibility are ___________
personal probity, professional integrity, management of portfolio
The most recent example of 2017 where an MP had to recontest their seat through a by-election to maintain their status as a Minister was in the case of _____________
Barnaby Joyce
The importance of secrecy of Cabinet deliberations is underlined by these discussions being kept secret for ______ years
30
The decision by the Abbott government to release Cabinet documents from the Rudd government over this programme was highly controversial
Home Insulation Programme
Cabinet secrecy is not in breach of these principles, because it ensures unity.
good government
Decisions made by cabinet may be determined by consensus, Party Room pressure, together with _____ and _______
majority view and Prime Ministerial authority
The ‘front bench’ is also referred to as the _______ benches
Treasury
When changes are made to the Cabinet, this is referred to as a Cabinet ___________
reshuffle
He was appointed to head the new ‘super ministry’, Minister for Home Affairs
Peter Dutton
The ERC is a key cabinet committee. This is the acronym for ….
Expenditure Review Committee
Ministers were first divided into the Inner and Outer categories in his term of government
Menzies
The power of the Prime Minister to choose or change Ministers is referred to as the power of ___________
patronage
As chairperson of the Cabinet, the Prime Minister controls the Business List, which is the Cabinet _____
agenda
The largest Cabinet portfolio in terms of budget allocation is that of __________
Social Services
Limits to the power of the Prime Minister were evident in the case of this Speaker who was forced to stand down in 2015 because of embarrassing financial disclousres
Bronwyn Bishop
The most recent example of a Prime Minister choosing the timing of the election date was
Turnbull in July 2016
The most successful recent Prime Minister to effectively engage with social media was
Kevin Rudd
The political demise of Tony Abbott was accelerate by is ‘captain’s call’ on this matter in January 2015
Announcement of Australian knighthoods
The forum for meetings between the Prime Minister and the Premiers is __________
COAG
The National Party backbencher who has often threatened to cross the floor in 2016 and 2017 is ______________
George Christensen
If support for major parties continues to decline, this form of government may become more common in Australia
minority
The best example of a perceived ‘conviction politician’ as PM since 2000 is ________
John Howard
There are five links in the ‘Westminster Chain of _________’
Accountability
A key role of Cabinet is to develop and communicate the government _________ and narrative
vision
Cabinet policies can be implemented through legislation and __________
regulation
Which government department manages the exchange of information to the Cabinet
Department of Prime Minster and Cabinet
The most radical Cabinet in postwar Australia was that of the __________ government.
Whitlam
The strongest recent example of the expanded role of government in smoothing the business cycle was during the _______ government.
Rudd in 2008
Identify the four broad reasons for the growth of the role of government.
Depression experience; growth of rights and need to provide for them; extension of franchise and the needs of many more diverse groups; need for key infrastructure provision in a sprawling landmass.
