|
| |
| | 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. | | | 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. |
|
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Isaac-Isaacs
(3410 words)
|
|
| |
| | 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. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_General_of_Australia
(2845 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". |
|
http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story/0,1074,623476,00.html
(631 words)
|
|
| |
| | Governor-General of Australia |
| | 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. | | | 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. |
|
http://www.freeglossary.com/Governor_General_of_Australia
(2075 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". |
|
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,623243,00.html
(535 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) |
|
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Governor-general
(1180 words)
|
|
| |
| | Governor General of Australia |
| | 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 byconvention the longest-serving state governor, who holds a dormant commission for this purpose. | | | 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. |
|
http://www.therfcc.org/governor-general-of-australia-51223.html
(1675 words)
|
|
| |
| | Governor General Of Australia |
| | 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. | | | 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. |
|
http://www.wikiverse.org/governor-general-of-australia
(1913 words)
|
|
| |
| | Definition of Governor-General of Australia |
| | 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. | | | 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. |
|
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Governor-General_of_Australia
(2639 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. |
|
http://www.logicjungle.com/wiki/Governor-General_of_Australia
(2884 words)
|
|
| |
| | Perspective 27 February 2004 - Allison Henry |
| | Contrast this recently diminished public role of the Governor General with the Queens 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 Australias 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. | | | Not usually the types to stay relaxed about perceived threats to Australias 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. |
|
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/perspective/stories/s1054516.htm
(752 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. |
|
http://www.microbiology.adelaide.edu.au/cthomas/pafn81.htm
(874 words)
|
|
| |
| | Governor General of Australia |
| | The Governor-General acts as Canada's de facto Head of State representing the Queen. | | | 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. |
|
http://www.serebella.com/encyclopedia/article-Governor_General_of_Australia.html
(363 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. | | | 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. | | | 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. |
|
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/ncas/teach/unit/aus/aus1010swk12.html
(3510 words)
|
|
| |
| | 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. | | | 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. | | | receives the credentials of Ambassadors and some High Commissioners appointed to represent their countries in Australia; |
|
http://www.gaiaguys.net/GG%20role.html
(766 words)
|
|
| |
| | 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. | | | "As a matter of principle, the Governor will not discuss what was raised in a private meeting," Mr Chilcott said. | | | The Tasmanian Governor's official secretary John Chilcott yesterday confirmed that a private meeting had taken place. |
|
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/03/1080941724007.html
(546 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. | | | Significantly, Jeffery made another speech the same day, marking the centenary of the High Court, Australia’s supreme court. | | | Australia, he contended, had never known revolution, civil war or insurrection because of the “rule of law”. |
|
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2003/oct2003/jeff-o28.shtml
(1678 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. | | | Sir Nathaniel's wife, accompanied by an assistant from government house, is already in the Australian city of Sydney receiving medical treatment. |
|
http://www.abcasiapacific.com/news/stories_to/1436598.htm
(255 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. | | | 26 February 2002: Support for governor in abuse row | | | The Queen's representative in Australia had already stepped aside to allow an unrelated rape allegation to be resolved. |
|
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2003%2F05%2F26%2Fwholl26.xml
(781 words)
|
|
| |
| | War hero is new Governor-General of Australia |
| | A war hero and former SAS officer was yesterday appointed Australia's new Governor-General, replacing Peter Hollingworth who resigned in disgrace last month. | | | 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. | | | 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… |
|
http://www.hellopacific.com/news/general/news/2003/06/23/regj.html
(225 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. |
|
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/tutorial/govginf.htm
(93 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. | | | 26 February 2002: Support for governor in abuse row |
|
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/05/05/waus05.xml
(477 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. |
|
http://governor_general.blogspot.com
(1935 words)
|
|
| |
| | 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. |
|
http://users.bigpond.net.au/drshrink/ozvotes/who/gg.htm
(243 words)
|
|
|
