Surely No Such Damning Evidence Exists

To those who describe incoming governor-general Sam Mostyn as a lifelong activist hack whose unimpressive record can’t help but cheapen her office, I say: show me the proof.

Incoming G-G Sam Mostyn has quite the background

To those who dismiss this outstanding vice-regal appointment as a platitude-cranking boardroom dullard who gets by on memorised social justice slogans, I say: please provide confirmation. 

And to those who claim Australia’s 28th governor-general is a known associate of low-value up-themselves regime media bores, I say: you’d better have some solid photographic evid …

This will definitely be the first Governor General I’ve had a selfie with (and with @GMegalogenis and @Peter_Fitz) pic.twitter.com/nEZiu7DXia

— Greg Jericho (@GrogsGamut) April 2, 2024

Oh. Never mind. As you were.

UPDATE. Perhaps it’s unfair to judge a person by one image. I’m sure Mostyn otherwise avoids any dealings with absurd figures of widespread ridic …

I have worked closely with Sam Mostyn over many years. In everything she did I saw her trying to make a better country. That was most clear with her successful advocacy and policy work for women, as well as her drive for stronger climate action. pic.twitter.com/Qmy3pybvsl

— Matt Kean MP (@Matt_KeanMP) April 3, 2024

My mistake. Carry on.

UPDATE II. Janet Albrechtsen:

Mostyn reflects the worst of modern woke Australia.

The same woke corporate Australia in which our biggest companies threw many millions of shareholder dollars into a referendum that sought to divide the country, using the Constitution, on the basis of race.

The same woke corporate Australia that had no read on the country given the referendum failed so spectacularly …

Her CV reads like a Disney movie about Ms Woke, winning climate awards, popping up in university sustainability programs, deputy chair of Diversity Australia, presiding over the CEW, chairing the Women’s Equality Taskforce, and sitting on multiple corporate boards and commissions.

This can’t be right. I’m reliably informed that Ms Mostyn is a woman of the people.