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	Governor-General of Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He or she travels widely throughout Australia to open conferences, attend services and commemorations and generally "provide encouragement to individuals and groups who are contributing to their communities." [1] When travelling abroad, the Governor-General is seen as the representative of Australia (not of the Queen of Australia), and is treated as a head of state.
		The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australia's head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who lives in the United Kingdom.
		In the United Kingdom, the reserve powers of the Crown are not explicitly stated in constitutional enactments and are the province of convention, but in Australia, the powers are explicitly given to the Governor-General in the Constitution but it is their use that is the subject of convention.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Governor_General_of_Australia (2845 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Governor-General
		Governor-General (or Governor General) is a term used both historically and currently to designate the appointed representative of a head of state or their government for a particular territory, historically in a colonial context, but no longer necessarily in that form.
		The Governor General became the direct representative of the country's Sovereign only, and relations with the United Kingdom were placed in the hands of a British high commissioner in each country.
		From 1644 to 1911, in Qing-dynasty China, a Governor General or zongdu (总督) was the highest official of joint military and civil affairs in one or several provinces (alternately translated, Viceroy)
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Governor-general (1180 words)

	Governor General of Australia
		Governor General of Canada Describes heraldry in Canada and the roles of the Governor General and Canadian Heraldic Authority.
		Publisher bungles Governor General hopes for authors Some of 1999's highest profile books were ineligible for the Governor General's literary awards because of a typo.
		The Governor-General acts as Canada's de facto Head of State representing the Queen.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Governor_General_of_Australia.html (363 words)

	Guardian Unlimited The Guardian Governor general of Australia in child abuse row
		The governor general, Peter Hollingworth, who acts as the country's head of state on behalf of the Queen, publicly rejected "totally unfounded" allegations that when he was archbishop of Brisbane his diocese had colluded in covering up sexual abuse at a school.
		The country's constitution stipulates the Queen should appoint a governor general to perform head of state functions in her absence, but makes no reference to how a governor general could be removed.
		The governor general said he had tried to contact the victim's family, but admitted that the church's "responses today would be different and better".
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,623243,00.html (535 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk Society Governor general of Australia in child abuse row
		The governor general, Peter Hollingworth, who acts as the country's head of state on behalf of the Queen, publicly rejected "totally unfounded" allegations that when he was archbishop of Brisbane his diocese had colluded in covering up sexual abuse at a school.
		The country's constitution stipulates the Queen should appoint a governor general to perform head of state functions in her absence, but makes no reference to how a governor general could be removed.
		The governor general said he had tried to contact the victim's family, but admitted that the church's "responses today would be different and better".
	society.guardian.co.uk /children/story/0,1074,623476,00.html (631 words)

	Governor-General of Australia - Information
		He or she travels widely throughout Australia to open conferences, attend services and commemorations and generally "provide encouragement to individuals and groups who are contributing to their communities." [1] When travelling abroad, the Governor-General is seen as the representative of Australia (not of the Queen of Australia), and is treated as a head of state.
		The Governor-General of Australia is the representative in Australia of Australia's head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who lives in the United Kingdom.
		In the United Kingdom, the reserve powers of the Crown are not explicitly stated in constitutional enactments and are the province of convention, but in Australia, the powers are explicitly given to the Governor-General in the Constitution but it is their use that is the subject of convention.
	www.logicjungle.com /wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia (2884 words)

	Governor-General of Australia
		Governors-General generally become patrons various charitable institutions present honours and awards functions for various groups of people and widely throughout Australia - replicating the actions the Sovereign in the United Kingdom or of a ceremonial president such as the Republic of Ireland 's.
		The Governor-General of Australia is the highest constitutional officer in Commonwealth of Australia.
		On the resignation death or incapacity of Governor-General or his absence from Australian territory Administrator assumes his powers: this is by the longest-serving state governor who holds a commission for this purpose.
	www.freeglossary.com /Governor_General_of_Australia (2075 words)

	Governor General Of Australia
		Governors-General generally become patrons of various charitable institutions, present honours and awards, host functions for various groups of people, and travel widely throughout Australia - replicating the actions of the Sovereign in the United Kingdom, or those of a ceremonial president such as the Republic of Ireland's.
		The Governor-General of Australia is the highest constitutional officer in the Commonwealth of Australia.
		The Governor-General is the representative in Australia of the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, who resides in the United Kingdom.
	www.wikiverse.org /governor-general-of-australia (1913 words)

	Governor General of Australia
		The Governor-General of Australia is the highest constitutional officer in the Commonwealth of Australia.
		Governors-General generally become patrons of various charitable institutions, present honours and awards, hostfunctions for various groups of people, and travel widely throughout Australia - replicating the actions of the Sovereign in theUnited Kingdom, or those of a ceremonial president such as the Republic of Ireland 's.
		On the resignation, death or incapacity of the Governor-General, or his absence from Australian territory, an Administrator assumes his powers: this is byconvention the longest-serving state governor, who holds a dormant commission for this purpose.
	www.therfcc.org /governor-general-of-australia-51223.html (1675 words)

	Scandal surrounding Australia's governor-general threatens a "constitutional earthquake"
		Scandal surrounding Australia’s governor-general threatens a "constitutional earthquake"
		Notwithstanding the general hullabaloo, however, in Hollingworth’s approach to the issue of sexual abuse, he was simply acting in the well-established traditions of the church.
		He is appointed by the British queen (also the queen of Australia) on the recommendation of the Australian prime minister.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2002/mar2002/holl-m02.shtml (2547 words)

	Telegraph News Pressure to quit mounts on Australia's governor-general
		Australia's governor-general, Peter Hollingworth, faced growing pressure to resign yesterday as fresh claims emerged of his alleged complicity in covering up sexual abuse cases while serving as Anglican archbishop of Brisbane.
		Opposition politicians, child welfare campaigners and newspaper editorials united to condemn the Queen's representative in Australia, after a Church inquiry criticised his decision to allow a known paedophile to continue working as a priest in the 1990s.
		The prime minister, John Howard, has insisted that there are no grounds to sack Dr Hollingworth, but Peter Costello, the federal government's treasurer, said most Australians would feel that Dr Hollingworth "should have taken a stronger line against those priests that he knew had engaged in molestation".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/05/05/waus05.xml (477 words)

	Encyclopedia: Isaac Isaacs
		The Attorney General of Australia is the chief law officer of the Crown and a member of the Federal Cabinet.
		The Chief Justice of Australia is the senior justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia.
		Parliament House, Canberra The Parliament of Australia is a bicameral parliament consisting of the Queen of Australia, the House of Representatives (the lower house) and the Senate (the upper house or house of review).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Isaac-Isaacs (3410 words)

	Two interesting speeches by Australia's new Governor-General
		When Major General Michael Jeffery, the Howard government’s recently-installed Governor-General, delivered a forthright speech earlier this month on Australian military policy in the wake of the Iraq war, media outlets presented his intervention as a defence of the policies of the Bush and Howard administrations.
		Australia, he contended, had never known revolution, civil war or insurrection because of the “rule of law”.
		In these quarters, the UN is also regarded as a valuable instrument for legitimising Australia’s own military interventions in the region, as it did in the case of East Timor.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/oct2003/jeff-o28.shtml (1678 words)

	Definition of Governor-General of Australia
		Governors-General generally become patrons of various charitable institutions, present honours and awards, host functions for various groups of people including ambassadors to and from other countries, and travel widely throughout Australia - replicating the actions of the monarch in the United Kingdom, or those of a ceremonial president such as the Republic of Ireland's.
		The Governor-General of Australia is the highest constitutional officer in the Commonwealth of Australia.
		On the resignation, death or incapacity of the Governor-General, or his absence from Australian territory, an Administrator assumes his powers: this is by convention the longest-serving state governor, who holds a dormant commission for this purpose.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/Governor-General_of_Australia (2639 words)

	There Aint no Sanity Clause
		The blog of Lord Sedgwick of Strathmore (OA, DFC, DSC, VC, KPMG, WTF, IOOF), cartoonist, failed lothario and the One and True Visible Governor General of a proudly independent country, founded by thieves and whores, that swears allegiance to the Head of State of a foreign country.
		The chairwoman of the Consumers Federation of Australia, Catherine Wolthuizen, says the increase is partly the result of a jump in the number of organisations covered by the ombudsman.
		Australia’s dominant telecommunications company, Telstra, has announced plans to shed up to 12,000 workers over the next five years.
	governor_general.blogspot.com (1935 words)

	War hero is new Governor-General of Australia
		The first Australian-born governor-general with a military background, he was awarded the Military Cross for courageous action in Vietnam and in 1976 became the first commanding officer of Australia's SAS regiment.
		A war hero and former SAS officer was yesterday appointed Australia's new Governor-General, replacing Peter Hollingworth who resigned in disgrace last month.
		He retired from the defence forces in the early 1990s, as a Major General and assistant chief of general staff, taking up the appointment in Western Australia in 1993…
	www.hellopacific.com /news/general/news/2003/06/23/regj.html (225 words)

	BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific Australia governor-general sworn
		Major General Jeffery swore to bring "dignity and integrity" to the governor-generalship, at a ceremony in parliament house in Canberra.
		A new Governor-General of Australia, the constitutional representative of Queen Elizabeth II, has been sworn in.
		Major General Michael Jeffery is the first Australian military officer to hold the post.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/3140287.stm (393 words)

	The Governor-General's home page
		The web-site also hosts information for the Office of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General which provides the Governor-General with the necessary support to enable him to carry out his constitutional, statutory, ceremonial and public duties.
		General information about the Australian Honours Secretariat is available - although the web-site provides more comprehensive information.
	www.aph.gov.au /library/tutorial/govginf.htm (93 words)

	AUS1010S course - week twelve
		Although 'the Queen's representative in Australia', Governor-General Sir John Kerr, was widely held responsible for the dramatic fall of the Whitlam government, the situation was primarily an outcome of the compromise struck at Federation which gave the Senate its unique composition and its considerable powers.
		Despite his general acceptance of the role of the monarch in the Australian political system, Whitlam was quick to change some aspects of the traditional relationship.
		So it is important to ask why he chose to exercise at that time the reserve powers granted to the Governor-General under Australia's constitution.
	www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/teach/unit/aus/aus1010swk12.html (3510 words)

	Letters Patent Relating to the Office of Governor-General
		WHEREAS, by the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, certain powers, functions and authorities are vested in a Governor-General appointed by the Queen to be Her Majesty's representative in the Commonwealth:
		We direct that these Letters Patent, each Commission appointing a Governor-General or person to administer the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and each instrument of appointment of a deputy of the Governor-General shall be published in the official gazette of the Commonwealth of Australia.
		before assuming office, a person appointed to be Governor-General shall take the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance and the Oath or Affirmation of Office in the presence of the Chief Justice or another Justice of the High Court of Australia.
	www.statusquo.org /GovGen.html (1040 words)

	Telegraph News Governor-general finally gives in to resignation calls
		Among those suggested as a possible replacement are the chairman of Australia's national airline, Qantas, Margaret Jackson - who would be the first female governor-general- and Tim Fischer, a mildly eccentric former deputy prime minister.
		The Queen's representative in Australia had already stepped aside to allow an unrelated rape allegation to be resolved.
		26 February 2002: Support for governor in abuse row
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F05%2F26%2Fwholl26.xml (781 words)

	AUSTRALIA'S CONSTITUTION: The Governor-General is our head of state - 8 January 2005
		In Australia we were able to alter our constitutional arrangements to meet evolving constitutional needs, to give effect to the resolutions of the two Imperial Conferences, and to sever all links between the governor-general and the British government, but without having to alter one word of the Constitution itself.
		Prime Minister Gough Whitlam considered Governor-General Sir John Kerr to be Australia's head of state, and ensured that when the governor-general travelled overseas in 1975 he did so as head of state and was acknowledged as such by four host countries.
		As this was the first visit to Australia by a reigning sovereign, it was thought necessary to ensure that it was constitutionally in order for her to carry out these functions, and the Commonwealth Solicitor-General, Sir Kenneth Bailey, was asked for a legal opinion.
	www.newsweekly.com.au /articles/2005jan08_c.html (3376 words)

	Governor General of Australia
		Section 2 of the Constitution provides that "A Governor-General appointed by the Queen shall be Her Majesty's representative of the Commonwealth..." Letters Patent from Her Majesty The Queen dated 21 August 1984 set out certain provisions relating to the Governor-General.
		The Governor-General is the Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Defence Force, although in practice he acts only on the advice of Ministers, Cabinet and, subject to Cabinet, the Minister for Defence, is responsible for Australia's defence policy.
		receives the credentials of Ambassadors and some High Commissioners appointed to represent their countries in Australia;
	www.gaiaguys.net /GG%20role.html (766 words)

	ABC Asia Pacific - News - Solomons governor general begins Australia visit - Text Only
		The governor general is accompanied by his private secretary, his aide-de-camp, and a protocol officer from the Foreign Affairs Department.
		The Solomon Islands governor general, Sir Nathaniel Waena, has embarked on a five-day state visit to Australia.
		Australia is paying for the costs of the five-day official tour.
	www.abcasiapacific.com /news/stories_to/1436598.htm (255 words)

	Governor General of Australia
		n Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. 56 of 16 July 1936 it was notified that the Governor-General had adopted a personal flag for use in Australia.
		The flag, which is in the proportion of two to one, has a royal blue background on which is the Royal Crest in gold (on a St Edward's Crown a lion statant guardant also crowned) with the words "Commonwealth of Australia" in dark blue letters on a gold scroll below the Crest.
		The Governor-General's flag is flown continuously when His Excellency is in residence.
	www.gg.gov.au /textonly/ggflag.html (117 words)

	Perspective 27 February 2004 - Allison Henry
		Not usually the types to stay relaxed about perceived threats to Australia’s system of constitutional monarchy, and indeed wedded to the misguided belief that the Governor General is our effective Head of State, the constitutional monarchists have been remarkably quiet on this point.
		Surely if, as they unconvincingly and variously assert, the Governor General is Australia’s actual Head of State or effective Head of State or, even more remarkably, one of our Heads of State, then they should be very concerned about these recent developments.
		Contrast this recently diminished public role of the Governor General with the Queen’s role in Britain, or with the Presidents of Ireland, South Africa, the United States or France, and its easy to see why Australians feel short changed.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/perspective/stories/s1054516.htm (752 words)

	Governors-General - Stories from Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal
		The office of the Governor-General of Australia was established in 1901 when Australia became a federation.
		The Governor-General is the official representative of the British Monarchy in Australia.
		In 1904, Governor-General Lord Northcote refused to dissolve the House of Representatives to allow for a federal election.
	www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au /articles/governorgeneral (847 words)

	Tasmanian Branch of the Thomas Family and related Families - pafn81 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		He was survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons, the elder of whom, the second marquess, in 1935 declined the governor-generalship of Australia, and was viceroy of India in 1936-43.
		Governor General of Australia 1st January, 1901- 9 January, 1903.
		BIOGRAPHY: HOPETOUN, JOHN ADRIAN LOUIS HOPE, 7th EARL (1860-1908), governor general, later 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, was born on 25 September 1860 at Hopetoun House, South Queensferry, Scotland, eldest son of John Alexander Hope, sixth earl, and his wife Ethelred Anne Birch, nee Reynardson.
	www.microbiology.adelaide.edu.au /cthomas/pafn81.htm (874 words)

	CNN.com - Howard stands by embattled envoy - February 20, 2002
		The Governor-General is the representative of the Queen of England in Australia and is the nation's official head of state, although he is appointed solely on the advice of the Australian prime minister.
		The role of governor-general is largely ceremonial but as head of state he or she is empowered to dissolve parliament, effectively dismissing the elected government.
		SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Prime Minister John Howard says there are no grounds to take the unprecedented step of sacking the Governor-General of Australia, Peter Hollingworth, over his mishandling of sex abuse cases while he was Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane.
	www.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/02/20/aust.howard.holling/index.html (760 words)

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