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being set up on infantry battalion lines by British Loan Service Personnel. It has 564 men, to be expanded to 900 all ranks, including a voluntary element of 3 companies, by 1981. The establishment of the main police force is 684 (of whom 2 are British); this figure includes 44 civilians,
and a Tactical Services Unit of about 30 men. The
Civil Service totals in excess of 2000 (including about 30 UK supplemented expatriates, excluding daily paid workers).
THE GOVERNOR
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DISCRETION FOR EXECUTIVE DECISION
8. It is the responsibility of the Governor acting in his discretion to appoint as Premier the member of the House of Representatives who appears to him to command the support of the majority. He then appoints other Cabinet Ministers in accordance with the advice of the Premier. The Governor also appoints the members of the Senate, five on the advice of the Premier, two on the advice of the Leader of the Opposition (or if there is no accepted leader of the Opposition on the
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