query: country_of_citizenship joel houston
supports: The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the head of government in Australia. The individual who holds the office is the most senior Minister of the Crown, the leader of the Cabinet and the chairperson of the National Security Committee. The office is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia and exists only through an unwritten political convention and tradition. Despite this, in practice it is the most powerful parliamentary position in Australia. The individual who holds the office is commissioned by the Governor-General of Australia. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and East Timor to the north; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north-east; and New Zealand to the south-east. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest urban area is Sydney. The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia is the representative in Australia of the Australian monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II. The governor-general is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister of Australia. The governor-general has formal presidency over the Federal Executive Council and is Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Defence Force, as well as viceregal representative in the Australian Capital Territory. The functions of the governor-general include appointing ministers, judges, and ambassadors; giving royal assent to legislation passed by Parliament; issuing writs for election; and bestowing Australian honours. Hillsong Church is a Pentecostal megachurch in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, which is affiliated with Australian Christian Churches, the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God. The church was founded in 1983, originally called Hills Christian Life Centre in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, by Brian Houston and his wife Bobbie. Joel Timothy Houston ( born 19 September 1979 ) is a musician , songwriter , pastor , and leader in the Sydney - based band Hillsong United , the youth worship band of Hillsong Church . He has been co-pastor at Hillsong NYC since 2010 . He is the head of the Christian worship band Hillsong UNITED , for which he sings , plays guitar , and writes songs . In 2008 , he became the Creative Director at Hillsong Church . He is the oldest son of the church 's Senior Pastors and founders Brian and Bobbie Houston and grandson of Frank Houston ( who was the Senior Pastor of Sydney Christian Life Centre which is now the City venue of Hillsong Church ) . He has two siblings , a brother Benjamin and a sister , Laura . Houston was also the bass player for the band Able , which was composed of Marty Sampson , Michael Guy Chislett and Luke Munns , which won the Channel V Leg Up competition in 2001 . New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. It has a coast line with the Tasman Sea on its east side. The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the estimated population of New South Wales was 7.5 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Just under two-thirds of the state's population, 4.67 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as "New South Welshmen". Australian Christian Churches (ACC), formerly known as Assemblies of God in Australia (AOG), is a Pentecostal Christian denomination and the Australian branch of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world. With over 225,000 adherents, it is the largest Pentecostal denomination in Australia and is the fifth most attended denomination after the Catholic, Anglican, Uniting, and Baptist churches. There are over 1,100 churches in Australian Christian Churches across Australia. Baulkham Hills is a suburb in the north-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 31 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district mostly within the local government area of The Hills Shire, with a small portion south of the M2 Motorway in the City of Parramatta. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds the world's largest natural harbour, and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west. Residents of Sydney are known as "Sydneysiders". Sydney is the second official seat and second official residence of the Governor-General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia and many federal ministries maintain substantial presences in Sydney. A megachurch is an American term for a Protestant Christian church having 2,000 or more people in average weekend attendance. 
candidates: american australia east timor indonesia new zealand shire tasmania wales
answer: australia