Sam Mostyn will earn $200000 more than her predecessor, but how ...
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Sam Mostyn will earn $200,000 more than her predecessor, but there has been no change to the practice of how the governor-general’s pay packet is set.
Jun 25, 2024 – 1.05pm
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On the day in April when he named trailblazing business leader Sam Mostyn as the country’s 28th governor-general, Anthony Albanese was asked about when Australian citizens might choose their own head of state.
Despite his long-held support for a republic, the prime minister conceded that Labor – bruised by the defeat of the Indigenous Voice to parliament – had abandoned its plans for a second-term referendum to remove the monarchy and pressed on defending Australia’s constitutional arrangements.
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