Incoming Governor-General Sam Mostyn's “close personal relationship with the Prime Minister” has drawn the ire Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie who would prefer “someone with a little more distance” from Anthony Albanese in the role.
More concerns have arisen over the incoming Governor-General Sam Mostyn on top of qualms relating to the eyewatering salary bump which will see her rake in more than $700,000 a year.Incoming Governor-General Sam Mostyn 's “close personal relationship with the Prime Minister” has drawn the ire Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie who would prefer “someone with a little more distance” from Anthony Albanese in the role.
While the Coalition has not not taken issue with the eye-watering renumeration figure and has supported the government's bill, Ms McKenzie put Ms Mostyn’s “very close personal” friendship with Mr Albanese under the spotlight. “I would like to have seen someone with a little more distance, given that she will be representing the Monarch’s interests here in Australia and needs to have a level of personal separation, I think, whereas she's a very close personal friend of the Prime Minister.”
The incoming Governor-General’s salary also copped backlash from the Australian Republican Movement with its National Director Isaac Jeffrey lashing the enormous increase as many Aussies struggle to make ends meet.“They'll look at the government's announcement of a 42 per cent pay rise for the next governor-general and question what they are getting for that investment."
The governor-general salary has historically been determined by the salary of the Chief Justice of the High Court, which has been projected at $708,017 over the next five years.
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