The Principle of RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT means that:

•	The formal head of government (or "head of state") must act on the 'advice" of the first minister (PM).

•	The government of the day, embodies in the PM & the Cabinet, is directly accountable to Parliament.*

•	In the rules relating to the formation and operation of the Cabinet, are 2 general aspects to the principle of accountability: (i) individual ministerial responsibility and collective (Cabinet) responsibility.

* The most important rule of our parliamentary system holds that a government must resign or call an election when it loses the confidence of the legislature.