Guy Barnett (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Madam Acting Deputy President. I take the interjection from Senator Feeney. I am only going on what has been made available to me and what I am aware of in the public interest. I do appreciate Senator Feeney’s contribution to the discussion.

I would like to know whether the Governor-General does intend declining to participate in state funerals which involve Christian prayers, for example. I do not know, but I would hope that she would attend. Does the Governor-General approach invitations of this kind as a matter of personal choice or as a question of considering her duty as a representative of the Crown?