Julie Bishop for Governor General? Surely they wouldn't

Within the media the rumour mill keeps grinding on. Take this example from the Telegraph column of Miranda Devine:
Fierravanti-Wells is believed to be angling for the job of Foreign Minister, assuming Bishop is moved on, perhaps to become Governor-General, since General Peter Cosgrove’s term is up.
Now I have no idea about the future of Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells but she was an assistant at the foreign ministry and her appointment might appease some of the right wingers in the NSW Liberal Party.
But Julie Bishop to the big house at Yarralumla? That would involve a bit of controversy.


Welcoming a new vice regal pair

A Governor General, while appointed for an indefinite term, is generally expected to serve for five years subject to a possible short extension. His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) took office on 28 March 2014, so his five years will be up around about the time the Prime Minister calls an election.
Asking Sir Peter to go early to make way for an obvious political appointment would be almost as stupid as giving an Australian knighthood to the Duke of Edinburgh.
The Tele's Miranda should take the advice Hilaire Belloc gave to his:
Never more;
Miranda,
Never more.
Only the high peaks hoar;
And Aragon a torrent at the door.
No sound
In the walls of the halls where falls
The tread
Of the feet of the dead to the ground,
No sound:
But the boom
Of the far waterfall like doom.

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