Section 3 of the Constitution of Australia
[1] Section 3 of the Constitution states : There shall be payable to the Queen out of the Consolidated Revenue fund of the Commonwealth, for the salary of the Governor General, an annual sum which, until the Parliament otherwise provides, shall be ten thousand pounds.The 1st Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, received no allowance for maintaining Government Houses in Melbourne and Sydney nor for staff, travel or other expenses.The contribution to household expenses continued until the retirement of the 17th Governor General, Sir Paul Hasluck.[1] Today, the salary is set to be slightly higher than that of the Chief Justice of the High Court, over a five-year period.[20] It has been argued unsuccessfully that that legislation passed in Australia since 1966 is unconstitutional because it has been signed by Governors-General who were paid in dollars, not pounds as specified by section 3 of the Constitution.