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| | Encyclopedia: Isaac Isaacs |
 | | 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. | | | The Attorney General of Australia is the chief law officer of the Crown and a member of the Federal Cabinet. | | | Sir Adrian Knox PC KCMG (born 1863, died 1932), Australian judge, was the second Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, sitting on the bench of the High Court from 1919 to 1930. |
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| | 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". |
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| | Governor-General of Australia |
| | The appointment of a non-Briton was by the major conservative party of the the Nationalist Party of Australia as being "practically republican". | | | 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. |
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| | 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". |
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| | 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) |
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| | Governor General of Australia |
| | The Governor-General of Australia is the highest constitutional officer in the Commonwealth of Australia. | | | The appointmentof a non-Briton was denounced by the major conservative party of the time, the Nationalist Party of Australia as being "practically republican". | | | 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. |
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| | Definition of Governor-General of Australia |
| | The Governor-General of Australia is the highest constitutional officer in the Commonwealth of Australia. | | | The appointment of a non-Briton was denounced by the major conservative party of the time, the Nationalist Party of Australia as being "practically republican". | | | 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. |
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| | Governor General Of Australia |
| | The appointment of a non-Briton was denounced by the major conservative party of the time, the Nationalist Party of Australia as being "practically republican". | | | 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. |
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| | Perspective 27 February 2004 - Allison Henry |
| | Since his appointment in August 2003, the term of this Governor General has been marked by his absence at major public events. | | | 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. | | | 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. |
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| | Tasmanian Branch of the Thomas Family and related Families - pafn81 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File |
| | 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. | | | is relationship with State governors was strained by a controversy over his attempt in February to obtain copies of all their correspondence with the British government. | | | Governor of Victoria 28 November 1889 to 12 July 1895. |
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| | Governor General of Australia |
| | Matheson, Scott for Governor Democratic candidate for Governor in 2004. | | | The Governor-General acts as Canada's de facto Head of State representing the Queen. | | | Huntsman, Jon for Governor Republican candidate for Governor in 2004. |
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| | CNN.com - Howard stands by embattled envoy - February 20, 2002 |
| | 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. | | | Howard said that Hollingworth, who met Howard Thursday morning, had not offered him his resignation but said that the Governor-General was having a difficult and stressful time because of the furor. |
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| | Governor General of Australia |
| | 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; |
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| | 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. | | | After all, no government of any political complexion can be better pleased than with a system where the head of state, the ceremonial head, holds position for a certain number of years on the nomination of the national government. | | | 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. |
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| | Butler asked Latham to make him the G-G - National - www.smh.com.au |
| | It was the first time a Tasmanian governor had affirmed rather than sworn the oath, prompting a hand-written alteration to the book containing the original oaths and signatures of Tasmania's governors. | | | "When Mr Latham was in Hobart, he and the Governor did have a brief private meeting in Hobart," Mr Chilcott said. | | | "As a matter of principle, the Governor will not discuss what was raised in a private meeting," Mr Chilcott said. |
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| | Two interesting speeches by Australia's new Governor-General |
| | Significantly, Jeffery made another speech the same day, marking the centenary of the High Court, Australia’s supreme court. | | | The vice-regal representative is also the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, but in normal circumstances avoids political comment, acting on the advice of the elected government of the day. | | | Australia, he contended, had never known revolution, civil war or insurrection because of the “rule of law”. |
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| | 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. | | | Sir Nathaniel's wife, accompanied by an assistant from government house, is already in the Australian city of Sydney receiving medical treatment. |
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| | Telegraph News Governor-general finally gives in to resignation calls |
| | Dr Hollingworth finally succumbed to prolonged public and political pressure to stand down over his alleged failure to act against paedophiles when he was an Anglican archbishop in the 1990s. | | | 26 February 2002: Support for governor in abuse row | | | The claim was dismissed by a court last week. |
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| | War hero is new Governor-General of Australia |
| | Major-General Michael Jeffery, 65, who was appointed by the Prime Minister, John Howard, will be sworn in as the Queen's representative in Australia in August. | | | 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… | | | A war hero and former SAS officer was yesterday appointed Australia's new Governor-General, replacing Peter Hollingworth who resigned in disgrace last month. |
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| | 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. |
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| | Telegraph News Pressure to quit mounts on Australia's governor-general |
| | 26 February 2002: Support for governor in abuse row | | | 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. | | | 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. |
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| | 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. | | | Billy did mount a persuasive argument after the 1974 election, insisting that "while we didn't win, we didn't lose either". | | | Figures released by the banking and financial services ombudsman show more than 6,000 new disputes were lodged last financial year, the first rise in three years. |
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| | Vanuatu News Port Vila Presse Online :: Australia's governor general congratulates Vanuatu |
| | Vanuatu News Port Vila Presse Online :: Australia's governor general congratulates Vanuatu | | | The governor general of Australia, his excellency Major General Michael Jeffery has congratulated Vanuatu as it begins its Silver Jubilee celebrations. | | | He added that it was a partnership based on the two countries' shared commitment to the principles of good governance, democracy, transparency and the rule of law enshrined in Vanuatu's own Constitution and endorsed in the statement of principles issued by the two governments last year. |
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| | Letters Patent Relating to the Office of Governor-General |
| | and the Oath or Affirmation of Office in the presence of the Chief Justice or another Justice of the High Court 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. | | | 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: |
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| | Democratic Underground Forums - Australia's Governor-General has just resigned... |
| | The issue for Australia was whether it was to become a republic and therefore govern itself with it's own head of state, and not rely on the antiquated monarchy for supreme governance. | | | Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC. | | | Democratic Underground Forums - Australia's Governor-General has just resigned... |
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| | Governor-General Australia Votes |
| | The Governor General also has a symbolic role, in signing all bills which pass both houses of Parliament. | | | Such as when to call an election, who to give a ministry to, and the deployment of Armed Forces (The Governor General is the Commander in Chief of Australia's Defence force). | | | Hence the local appointee who takes the role of Governor-General the symbolic Head of State for Australia. |
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| | Governor-General of Belize |
| | Governor General of Canada Describes heraldry in Canada and the roles of the Governor General and Canadian Heraldic Authority. | | | It uses material from the Wiktionary page "Governor". | | | Belize National Population and Housing Census 2000 FAQ, statistics and activities of the General Statistics Office of Belize. |
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| | Fred Nile congratulates Australia's new Governor-General |
| | In Australia the State licences Ministers to conduct marriages, Bills are regularly debated in State Parliaments that give legal recognition to the Christian Churches in Australia, such as Anglican, Catholic, Orthodox etc, Federal and State Governments fund Church Schools etc. etc". | | | The Rev Fred Nile, MLC, Leader of the Christian Democratic Party, has congratulated Archbishop Peter Hollingworth on his appointment by the Queen of Australia as Australia's Governor-General. | | | "Political leaders such as Natasha Stott-Despoja are mistaken when she says Australia has a 'fundamental rule of separation of Church and State'. |
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| | Governor-General - Australia |
| | In 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. | | | I would imagine that it is only a matter if time before the Governor General's Flag changes. | | | The Governor General officially still uses the blue flag with the royal crest and the scroll "Commonwealth of Australia". |
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| | Governor General of Australia |
| | The Governor-General's flag is flown continuously when His Excellency is in residence. | | | 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. |
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| | governor-general of australia - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "governor-general of australia" is defined. | | | We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word governor-general of australia: | | | Jump to: General, Art, Business, Computing, Medicine, Miscellaneous, Religion, Science, Slang, Sports, Tech, Phrases |
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