LAW1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Question Time, Responsible Government, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
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The executive(cid:495)s significant powers are (cid:494)checked(cid:495) by various accountability: parliament through responsible government, external supervision the courts review lawfulness of executive action (cid:523)(cid:494)judicial review(cid:495)(cid:524) (cid:523)see topic (cid:888)(cid:524) and there is public accountability (cid:523)media, executive accountability agencies/mechanisms. Responsible government a set of political limitations on executive power. A set of conventions, which regulate the relationship between the executive and. Members of executive are drawn from and responsible to parliament (see. Leader of the party which holds a majority in the lower house of parliament = Conventions around loss of confidence and resigning. Eg. if the prime minister loses the confidence of parliament or cannot guarantee supply, he or she should resign. Consider whether the conventions of responsible government always operate effectively. Executive domination of the legislative process (cid:494)although it is parliament as a whole that makes laws, the executive government is in control of the legislative process. (cid:495): apl 1(cid:887)(cid:887) (cid:494)turn ideas into bills for the parliament to consider(cid:495)
