Powers of the House of Representatives to appropriate

Section 53 of the Constitution provides that proposed laws appropriating money, or imposing any form of taxation, may not originate in the Senate.

Further, under section 56 of the Constitution, all proposed laws for the appropriation of money may only be introduced following a recommendation by the Governor-General. By convention the Governor–General acts only upon the advice of the Executive, so section 56 prevents non–government members of the House of Representatives introducing Bills that would propose to appropriate money from the CRF.