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How does Australia's head of state come to power?

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The Prime Minister is the most powerful office in Australia. By convention he is the leader of the majority party of the House of Representatives. Technically he is commissioned by the Governor-General of Australia, who is appointed by the British Monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II)

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