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[Pedr]

Bravo Sir,

That's amazing. I must confess I thought that you'd Google searched it, sorry.

You are ofcourse exactly correct. Govenor is our head of state for the idividual states and territories. Govenor-General is absolute head of state for entire country, however I can't help but feel that they are as much a figurehead as Her Majesty.

Here however, I can't understand why we require individual state governments as well as a federal government. This means that in Australia we have FIVE levels of government.

1 Local Government ( local council )
2 State Government ( lower house - house of Reps )
3 State Government ( Legislature )
4 Federal House of Representatives ( lower house )
5 Federal Senate ( upper house )

and each of the barstards want their share of tax

Pedr