Editing Ninian Stephen (section)

==Governor-general==
In March 1982, Prime Minister [[Malcolm Fraser]] announced that Queen [[Elizabeth II]] had approved his recommendation of Sir Ninian Stephen to succeed Sir [[Zelman Cowen]] as [[Governor-General of Australia]].<ref name="HCAbio" /> His appointment was praised by both sides of politics.<ref name="smh" /> He was sworn in on 29 July 1982, the first former High Court justice to become governor-general since Sir [[Isaac Isaacs]] in 1931. When Fraser was defeated by the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] under [[Bob Hawke]] in [[1983 Australian federal election|1983]], Stephen had no difficulty working with a Labor government. In 1987, his term was extended by 18&nbsp;months as a mark of personal respect and also to allow [[Bill Hayden]] (to whom Hawke had promised the position) to leave politics at a time of his choosing. Stephen is the only governor-general to have approved two [[double dissolution]]s – in [[1983 Australian federal election|1983]] (for Fraser) and [[1987 Australian federal election|1987]] (for Hawke).<ref>{{cite book |last=Carroll|first=Brian|date=2004|title=Australia's Governors-General: From Hopetoun to Jeffery|publisher=Rosenberg|isbn=1877058211}}</ref>