Who is Sam Mostyn? Meet Australia’s new far-left gender diversity hire Governor-General

On Wednesday April 3 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointed gender equality advocate Sam Mostyn to be Australia’s next Governor-General, sparking controversy due to her far-left views, with some commentators dubbing her the “Queen of Woke”.

But who is Sam Mostyn and what does she believe?

Born in 1965, married to barrister Simeon Beckett with one daughter
Graduated from the Australian National University with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws
Worked as an associate for homosexual former High Court Justice Michael Kirby
Was a ministerial advisor to Labor senator Bob Collins who later killed himself after being charged with raping young boys
Was appointed to the AFL Commission in 1995 because she was a woman (“I’m very happy to say I was a quota appointment” she said in 2017)
Was appointed chair of the Labor government’s Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce by Mr Albanese in 2022
Was appointed to the board of Reconciliation Australia by Mark Leibler in 2007
Former president of women’s leadership advocacy group Chief Executive Women
Former chair of The Climate Council (led by global warming alarmist Tim Flannery)
Has called Australia “Invasion Day”, used the ahistorical, anti-Australian Indigenous extremist slogan “always was, always will be”, and wants to change the date of Australia Day, refers to British settlers as “occupiers“
Actively campaigned for Mr Albanese’s failed Voice to Parliament
Supports the extremist and anti-Australian Uluru Statement from the Heart
Has far-left views on “transgenderism”
Celebrated the Black Lives Matter movement
Believes in the racist concept of “White privilege“
Wants Australia to become a republic
Said Australia should use Covid as an excuse to “collaboratively rebuild our uniquely Australian society and an economy that can deliver for all”
Dubbed the “Queen of Woke” after her appointment