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==== Australia ====
{{main|Governors of the Australian states}}

In [[Australia]], each state has the governor as its formal representative of the sovereign, as head of the state government. It is not a political office but a ceremonial one. Each state governor is appointed by the [[Australian monarch]] on the advice of the [[premier]], who is the political chief executive of the state government (until 1986, state governors were appointed by the [[British monarch]] on the advice of the British government). State governors have emergency reserve powers but these are rarely used. The [[States and territories of Australia|territories]] of Australia other than the ACT have [[Administrator (Australia)|administrators]] instead of governors, who are appointed formally by the [[governor-general]]. The governor-general is the representative of and appointed by the [[king of Australia]] sovereign at a federal level on the advice of the [[prime minister of Australia]].

As with the [[Governor-General of Australia|governors-general of Australia]] and other Commonwealth realms, state governors usually exercise their power only on the advice of a government minister.