Roberts, Sen Malcolm

Senator ROBERTS (Queensland) (14:36): The incoming Governor-General's salary is now $70,000 above the High Court Chief Justice's salary. The Chief Justice gets, as you said, periodic increases to adjust for inflation. The Governor-General does not. Noting that today's inflation announcement shows inflation increasing again, this huge pay rise seems designed to compensate Sam Mostyn for inflation and has nothing to do with military pensions. Minister, earlier today, did you mislead the Senate to cover up the real reason for this huge pay increase, surging inflation?