PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, by Commission under Her Royal Sign Manual and the Great Seal of Australia dated 6 September 2014, appointed me, the Honourable Paul de Jersey, Companion of the Order of Australia, Governor of the State of Queensland, to administer the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia in the event of the absence out of Australia or the death, incapacity or removal of the Governor-General for the time being, or in the event of the Governor‑General having temporarily absented himself from office for any reason:
And whereas the Governor-General is from today absent out of Australia:
Now let it be known that, having taken the prescribed oaths, I have this day assumed the administration of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Signed and sealed with the
Great Seal of Australia
on 24 February 2017
Paul de Jersey
Administrator
By His Excellency’s Command
Malcolm Turnbull
Prime Minister