URGENT!! SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY AUSTRALIA HAS A HEAD OF STATE (GOVERNOR GENERAL)!!!!?

Question

URGENT!! SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY AUSTRALIA HAS A HEAD OF STATE (GOVERNOR GENERAL)!!!!?

Answer 1

Australia is still constitutionally subordinate to the UK. The Governor General is the Queen's representative in Australia. She theoretically has the power to dissolve governments and appoint new ones (as happened during the dispute between the Whitlam government and the opposition leader Malcolm Fraser in the 70's). In reality she is more of a colonial hangover, a figurehead for the sake of retaining ties with Britain. Canada has a Governor General too, but her powers are only nominal, and she performs mostly ceremonial duties