Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I was interested to hear what Senator Barnett said and the intervention of Senator Feeney. I am pleased to hear that the Governor-General is, like I, a practising Anglican. What Senator Barnett raised was of some interest. The Governor-General is the Queen’s representative in Australia and, as I understand it, the Queen is actually the titular head of the Anglican Church world wide, and it occurs to that it would seem quite improbable if the Governor-General had not been in a position where she may have attended that particular service. I just raise that and wonder aloud whether the Governor-General’s role representing the Queen also has some involvement with her role in the Anglican Church. I seek leave to continue my remarks later.

Leave granted; debate adjourned.