67 Appointment of civil servants

Until the Parliament otherwise provides, the appointment and removal of all other officers of the Executive Government of the Commonwealth shall be vested in the Governor-General in Council, unless the appointment is delegated by the Governor-General in Council or by a law of the Commonwealth to some other authority.

[Deleted. To be replaced by s.65A:
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.]

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67.1 This section will be deleted because:
▸ It refers to the “Governor-General in Council”, which is to be abolished;
▸ It was only a transitional section, dealing with public servant appointments “until the Parliament otherwise provides”.
67.2 Its subject matter will be covered in the new s.65A, which will permit the Prime Minister to appoint and remove public servants subject to any law. Legislative power over appointments will be available via s.51(xxxix) and s.65A.