What is Governor-General of Australia?
{{Infobox official post |post = Governor-General |body = Australia |flag = Flag of the Governor-General of Australia (1953–2024).svg |flagcaption = [[Flag of the Governor-General of Australia|Flag of the Governor-General]] |flagsize = 160px |flagborder = yes |insignia = Badge of the Governor-General of Australia (St Edward's Crown).svg |insigniasize = 100px |insigniacaption = Badge |image = Sam Mostyn.jpg |incumbent = [[Sam Mostyn]] |incumbentsince = 1 July 2024 |department = [[Viceroy#Commonwealth realms|Viceregal]] |style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]] [[the Honourable]] |residence = [[Government House, Canberra|Government House]] ([[Canberra]])<br/>[[Admiralty House, Kirribilli|Admiralty House]] ([[Sydney]]) |seat = [[Canberra]] |nominator = [[Prime Minister of Australia]] |appointer = [[Monarchy of Australia|Monarch of Australia]] |appointer_qualified = on the advice of the Prime Minister |termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure]] |termlength_qualified = (usually 5 years by [[Constitutional convention (political custom)|convention]])<ref>[http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/governor-general.html Governor-General] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323060813/http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/governor-general.html |date=23 March 2016 }} Retrieved 21 March 2016.</ref> |formation = 1 January 1901 |first = [[John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun|The Earl of Hopetoun]] |salary = {{AUD}}495,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2019/February/Governor-General_Amendment_Salary_Bill_2019|title=Governor-General Amendment Salary Bill 2019|last=Australia|first=Commonwealth Parliament of|website=www.aph.gov.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212130744/https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/FlagPost/2019/February/Governor-General_Amendment_Salary_Bill_2019|archive-date=12 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |website