There shall be a Federal Executive Council to advise the Governor-General in the government of the Commonwealth, and the members of the Council shall be chosen and summoned by the Governor-General and sworn as Executive Councillors, and shall hold office during his pleasure.

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[Deleted. Sections 62 to 64 will be replaced with ss.64A and 65A:

64A How Governments are formed
The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister shall be appointed and removed by  resolutions passed by the House of Representatives in accordance with section 40, provided that if a vacancy arises when the House is not in session, a member may be appointed by the Governor-General if an absolute majority of the House of Representatives requests in writing the member’s immediate appointment.
Ministers of State shall be appointed and removed, and may be suspended, by the Prime Minister, subject to any resolution of the House of Representatives.

65A Management of executive power
The Prime Minister may:
(i) Convene a Cabinet of Ministers to make collective decisions on behalf of the Government, and appoint some or all Ministers of State to Cabinet and remove Ministers from Cabinet;
(ii) Determine the order of seniority of Ministers of State, commencing with the Deputy Prime Minister as the most senior Minister after the Prime Minister;
(iii) Subject to any law, delegate the exercise of some or all executive power to the Ministers of State and may withdraw such delegation of power; and
(iv) Subject to any law, appoint or remove all other officers of the Government.]

There shall be a Federal Executive Council to advise the Governor-General in the government of the Commonwealth, and the members of the Council shall be chosen and summoned by the Governor-General and sworn as Executive Councillors, and shall hold office during his pleasure.

62.1 This section will be deleted as:
▸    It is premised on executive power being exercised by the Governor-General which is inconsistent with the new role for the position under the Advancing Democracy model;
▸    The concept of executive power being exercised by a person acting on the advice of another person has never made sense and will be abolished; and
▸    There is no need for an Executive Council as well as a Cabinet of Ministers.
62.2 Section 62 will be replaced with new sections:
▸    s.64A, which sets out how Governments are formed and Ministers are appointed;
▸    s.65A which deals with Cabinet and provides for the delegation of executive power.