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 22 October 2014

        Paul de Jersey

        Administrator

By His Excellency’s Command

Tony Abbott

Prime Minister