The
Governors of the Australian states are the representatives of the
Queen of Australia in each of that country's six
states. The Governors are the nominal chief executives of the states, performing the same constitutional and ceremonial functions at the state level as does the
Governor-General of Australia at the national or federal level. The State Governors are not subject to the constitutional authority of the Governor-General, but are directly responsible to the Queen. In practice, with few exceptions the Governors are required by
convention to act on the
advice of the
state Premiers or the other members of a state's Cabinet.