Appointment of Samantha Mostyn as Governor-General - Pearls and Irritations

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Appointment of Samantha Mostyn as Governor-General

By Paul Keating

Apr 4, 2024

Incoming governor general Sam Mostyn and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas

I congratulate Samantha Mostyn on her appointment as Governor-General. Such an appointment is a great honour.

Ms Mostyn has given much service to public life as she has to both community and business life. This service marked her out as a distinguished communitarian with a complex range of interests. And with those interests, experience.

Accordingly, that experience and those interests additionally qualify her beyond her innate ability, values and sense of the world for such an exalted position.

I am certain Samantha Mostyn will bring much credit to the office of Governor-General.

PJ Keating
3 April 2024

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Paul Keating

Paul Keating was the prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996.

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