Who represents Queen Elizabeth the second when she is not in Australia?

Answer 1

The Governor General is the representative of the Australian government to the Monarch of Britain. The Governor General is appointed by the government of Australia. The role of Governor General was inaugurated in Australia in NSW in 1946 but, after each colony was granted its own Governor, fell into disuse until Federation of the colonies/states in 1901. The first act of the newly appointed Governor General, John Hope, was to officially appoint the inaugural Prime Minister, Edmund Barton. On 5 Sep 2008, Quentin Bryce was sworn in as Australia's Governor General, the first woman to serve as Queen Elizabeth's representative in Australia.

Answer 2

Oh, dude, when Queen Elizabeth II isn't in Australia, her representative is the Governor-General. It's like having a substitute teacher, but for a whole country. So, yeah, the Governor-General steps in to do all the royal stuff while Liz is off doing whatever queens do when they're not Down Under.