Bill
Governor-General Amendment (Cessation of Allowances in the Public Interest) Bill 2019
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- Rachel Siewert
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-11-13
- second reading — 2019-11-13
- other — 2022-07-25
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2019-11-13.
The bill would stop paying allowances to former Governors-General or their spouses who have engaged in serious misconduct.
The Minister could declare through a legislative instrument that payments cease, or a House of Parliament could pass a resolution to stop them.
The bill fills a gap in the Governor-General Act 1974, which currently requires allowances to be paid even after a criminal conviction.
- Allowances can be stopped for serious misconduct via a ministerial legislative instrument.
- Allowances can be stopped for serious misconduct via a resolution of a House of Parliament.
- The bill adds a public interest test to the Governor-General Act 1974.
Former Governors-General and their spouses.
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