Labor seeks to raise incoming governor general’s salary by more than $214,000

Albanese government wants bill passed to lift Sam Mostyn's salary by 43%, in line with estimated average of chief justice of the high court's salary

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The Albanese government is seeking to raise the pay for the incoming governor general, Sam Mostyn, by more than $214,000, saying the change is appropriate because she is not receiving the same sort of additional pensions that previous officeholders have enjoyed.

Mostyn will be sworn into her new office on 1 July. Patrick Gorman, the assistant minister to the prime minister, introduced a bill into federal parliament on Monday morning which would raise the salary for the governor general from $495,000 to $709,017.

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