Push comes as Peter Hollingworth is expected to appear on final day of tribunal examining his handling of child abuse complaints as Anglican archbishop of Brisbane

Parliament will consider a new push to give the government powers to strip lucrative taxpayer-funded entitlements from former governors general found to have engaged in serious misconduct as the secret hearing against Peter Hollingworth draws to a close.

Hollingworth is expected to face the last day of a professional standards tribunal hearing in Melbourne on Thursday, which has investigated his handling of child abuse complaints against the Anglican church during his 11 years as the archbishop of Brisbane, a role he held immediately prior to his stint as governor general. The professional standards tribunal has so far not made any finding of misconduct against Hollingworth.

The tribunal has the power to defrock Hollingworth, but the evidence put before it has been cloaked in secrecy,…