Australian Story Her Excellency/The Makeover Man (1996– ) watch online HD

Her Excellency: Australian television viewers who've enjoyed the behind-the-scenes action in the British documentary series The Last Governor get a rare chance to peek behind the velvet curtains of one of their own Government Houses. Queensland's outgoing Governor Leneen Forde relaxed normally strict protocols to allow Australian Story to film an intimate portrait which provides some illuminating and, occasionally, amusing insights into the role and lifestyle of a State Governor in the 1990s. Mrs Forde is only the second female Governor in Australia ... and the first woman to take on the role in Queensland. It was a controversial appointment. "I suspect there were some very conservative elements in this state that didn't approve of a woman having the position. It was a job that did belong to certain parts of society, and where had I come from, for goodness sake." Never afraid of speaking out on social issues, Mrs Forde has overcome some formidable hurdles in her unusual and colourful ...