(Sorry about the gamer humour for those who don’t get it.)
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/first-female-viceregal/2008/04/13/1208024989606.html
Australia’s set to get our first female Governor General. It seems barely noteworthy that she is female, which goes to show that gender is less important in the modern world than qualifications. It is in breaking with a long tradition and considering we’ve had a female monarch since 1952 it does actually seem a little strange that this is the first female representative of the Crown.
It’s also a little interesting that given Rudd’s alleged commitment to a republic that he should pick the first female Governor General to be, potentially, the last one.
Personally, my biggest annoyance isn’t with her gender, but rather with the fact that it’s another damn Queenslander.
