Talk:Governors of the Australian states

message: re: "Unlike lieutenant governors in Canada's provinces, Australia's state governors are not subject to the constitutional authority of the governor-general, but are directly responsible to the monarch. "
This is incorrect, and I presume it's based on someone making an assumption based on the fact that the Governor General (functionally, the Prime Minister) appoints the Lieutenant Governors.
To wit: ″There is a common misconception that Lieutenant
Governors are somehow subordinate to the Governor
General in the constitutional sense. That is not correct.
Each is the Queen’s personal representative and the institutional embodiment of the Crown. Each is governed
by the same rules and conventions, and each has the
same responsibilities. Everything that I say about the
powers of a Lieutenant Governor is equally applicable
to those of the Governor General. The sole distinction
between them is that the Governor General deals with
matters which fall within the authority of Parliament
and the Government of Canada while a Lieutenant
Governor is circumscribed by the constitutional rules
that define the ambit of the provincial legislatures, in
our case the House of Assembly. This being so, I shall
use the term “vice regal” to embrace all 11 of Canada’s
constitutional offices. " 
http://revparl.ca/32/1/32n1_09e_Roberts.pdf
This was established by Maritime Bank v. Receiver-General of New Brunswick, the decision of which read: "the Lieutenant Governor [...] is as much a representative of Her Majesty, for all purposes of provincial government, as the Governor General himself is, for all purposes of Dominion government."   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.138.37.217 (talk) 00:25, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: If lieutenant-governors hold office at the governor-general's pleasure, then I would say by definition they are subordinate. ITBF (talk) 04:54, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorrect comment about Canada

message: I will fix the lists of governors of the remaining three states tomorrow. Adam 13:03, 20 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: earlier comment

message: anyone else think this needs some subheads? (quick look) --Samwisebruce 17:42, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  subheads 

message: The line that mentions that NSW has a 'part-time' Governor sounds biased towards the monarchists' case against having the Governor removed from Government House. Is the Governor oficially 'part-time'? Should this line be removed? Jleonau 07:25, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Part-time Governor? 

message: How long are the terms of Governors? It seems from context (the discussion on Colin Hannah and either Marie Bashir or Governors of New South Wales) that Governors have fixed terms. What is the truth here? -Rrius (talk) 03:31, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terms 

message: The article makes no mention about the ACT having an administrator. So who swears in the ACT Government. 122.106.83.10 (talk) 17:04, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: No one. The Chief Minister is elected by the Legislative Assembly and appoints the rest of the ministry. The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 requires MLAs to be sworn in but says nothing about an oath for ministers. I guess the Chief Minister might arrange an unofficial swearing-in if s/he wants one and choose someone to swear them in. The ACT government basically operates as a city council, there is no viceregal representative or administrator. Ivar the Boneful (talk) 17:38, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who swears in the ACT Government