Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is not tossing up who will be the next governor-general, despite speculation that former Defence Force chief Sir Angus Houston is in the running for the post.
The air chief marshal is being considered as a replacement for Sir Peter Cosgrove whose current term ends in March, The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday.
But Mr Morrison says the choice is far from his mind.
"I'm not really thinking about who the next governor-general is," he told ABC TV on Friday.
"What I am thinking about is how I'm going to get electricity prices down, how I'm going to deal with the drought, I'm thinking about the aged care royal commission."
The prime minister said he welcomes a debate on the best candidate for the "very important position".
"We will make a decision in due course but it is not something that's burning a hole in my agenda at the moment," he said.
Sir Angus, who left the ADF seven years ago, was made a knight by former Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott in 2015.
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