The governor can then give legal form to decisions made by the Cabinet of Western Australia.

[1] The council typically meets fortnightly and do so in Government House.

[3] The executive council, often referred to as 'the office of the governor', was first legally provisioned in the Letters Patent, enacted in 1986.

This is due to the Governor being a member of the Legislative Council at the time.

Meaning the functions of the current executive council were included in the Upper House.