- SECT 64
Ministers of State
Such officers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor-General.
They shall be members of the Federal Executive Council, and shall be the
Queen's Ministers of State for the Commonwealth.
Ministers to sit in Parliament
The Governor-General may appoint officers to administer such departments of
State of the Commonwealth as the Governor-General in Council may establish.
After the first general election no Minister of State shall hold office for a
longer period than three months unless he is or becomes a senator or a member
of the House of Representatives.