Bill
Governor-General Amendment (Cessation of Allowances in the Public Interest) Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2025-07-21.
- Sponsor
- David Shoebridge
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-03-06
- second reading — 2023-03-06
- other — 2025-07-21
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 2023-03-06.
The bill would allow the government to end pension-like payments to ex-governors-general or their surviving partners if the former officeholder committed serious wrongdoing.
The minister could issue a legislative instrument to stop the payments, or either house of parliament could pass a resolution to the same effect.
The change would start the day after the bill receives royal assent.
- Creates a power to stop allowances to former governors-general or their spouses for serious misconduct.
- Allows the minister to make a declaration through a legislative instrument to cease payments.
- Allows a house of parliament to pass a resolution to cease payments.
Former governors-general and their spouses who receive allowances under the Governor-General Act 1974.
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