On 30/04/15 19:46, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: > ... the roots of the problem go to Ministerial responsibilities as > prescribed in the Constitution. ...
The Constitution does not say much about what ministers do, or what departments there are. It says there will be initially up to seven Ministers and that some departments will be transferred from the states (Posts, defence, Lighthouses, Quarantine and customs): http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Powers_practice_n_procedures/Constitution/chapter2 Even if there were restrictions on what each department did, I can't see that would stop them sharing support functions, such as HR. -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
