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Encyclopedia > Governor-General of Australia. Governor-General of Australia. The Governor-General is the Representative of the Crown in the Commonwealth of Australia. He or she represents the Queen of Australia and, though not a head of state himself or herself, fulfils many of the functions possessed by heads of state. 1 Selection, Appointment and Role.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has appointed General Peter Cosgrove as the next Governor-General of Australia. As the media-savvy commander of the 1999 United Nations-backed East Timor peacekeeping mission, Interfet, then Major-General Cosgrove's military career was suddenly super-charged.eter Cosgrove, as chairman of the Australian War Memorial Board, with Queen Elizabeth ll at the War Memorial in Canberra. And he offered reassurance he'd be staying out of the political fray. ''You are no longer a private citizen in the office of governor-general,'' he said.