 On the retirement of Alex Chernov as Governor of Victoria on 1 July 2015, de Jersey became the longest-serving governor of an Australian state and by custom assumed the additional office of Administrator of the Commonwealth who exercises the powers of the Governor-General of Australia in the governor-general's absence or disability.In November 2018 it was announced that de Jersey's original term had been extended by two years.De Jersey's style and title as governor in full is