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each instance, as the determination of the key management personnel of an entity is made on an entity by entity basis.  Accordingly, a member of the key management personnel of the government is not necessarily also a member of the key management personnel of each entity controlled by that government (see also paragraph IG10).
IG6 Examples 1–6 illustrate application of the definition of key management personnel by not-for-profit public sector entities.  These examples do not limit the persons who may be key management personnel of a not-for-profit public sector entity to only those roles described.

Example 1

Minister A is the Australian Minister for Education and Training.  Minister A administers their portfolio through the Department of Education and Training (the Department), a controlled entity of the Australian Government.  Minister A is accountable to Parliament for the actions of the Department.  As part of the portfolio, the Minister is responsible for:

     •  education policy and programs including schools, vocational, higher education and Indigenous education, but excluding migrant adult education;

     •  education and training transitions policy and programs;

     •  science awareness programs in schools;

     •  training, including apprenticeships and training services;

     •  policy, co-ordination and support for education exports and services; and

     •  income support policies and programs for students and apprentices.

Minister B is the Assistant Minister for Education and Training.  Assistant Ministers are appointed to assist Ministers in prioritising work, to provide a training experience for future Ministers, to facilitate public access to the Ministers and to enable the bureaucracy to have an ongoing point of contact so that parliamentary correspondence and other parliamentary administrative issues are neither overlooked nor downgraded.  As an Assistant Minister, Minister B cannot:

     •  sit as a Minister in Cabinet;

     •  attend a meeting of the Executive Council or sign Executive Council Minutes on behalf of the Minister;

     • perform any duties in Parliament on behalf of the Minister including answering questions without notice, presenting Ministerial Statements, tabling documents and introducing legislation; or

     •  appear before a Committee of Parliament on behalf of the Minister.

The Department is responsible for delivering national policies and programs that help Australians access quality early childhood education, school education, higher education, vocational education and training, international education and research.  The Department is headed by the Secretary of the Department, who reports to the Australian Minister for Education and Training.  At the same time, the Secretary also makes reports to the Assistant Minister for Education and Training.  The Secretary of the Department, and two Associate Secretaries and a Deputy Secretary within the Department, operate as the executive management team responsible for the day-to-day delivery of the Department's services.

Based on the facts and circumstances above, Minister A, the Secretary of