Prime Minister Gillard has announced that Bill Shorten’s mother in law is going to have an extended term as Governor-General:
Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO was appointed as Australia’s 25th Governor-General in September 2008.
I am pleased to announce that Her Majesty The Queen, on my advice, has agreed that Ms Bryce will serve as Governor-General for an extended term until March 2014.
It probably does a bit of a favour to a possible incoming Liberal Government to not have a new five year Labor appointee taking up the office next year.