On Wednesday 18 September 2013, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General issued the Instrument of Appointment and Oath of Office to newly appointed Prime Minister, the Honourable Tony Abbott MP.
- Swearing-in Ceremony for the first Abbott Ministry at Government House
At Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General issued the Instrument of Appointment and Oath of Office to newly appointed Prime Minister, the Honourable Tony Abbott MP.
- Visit to the Department of Defence Intelligence and Security Group; Australian Citizenship Ceremony
On Tuesday 17 September 2013, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, was presented with a Honorary Life Membership of Australasian Law Teachers Association by President, Professor Stephen Bottomley, and Immediate Past President, Professor Michael Coper.
- Governor-General presides over Citizenship Ceremony
The Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Mr Martin Bowles PSM, attended a reception at which the Governor-General presided over a Citizenship Ceremony in recognition of Australian Citizenship Day at the National Arboretum.
On Monday 16 September 2013, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted a farewell function for the Former Director of the National Museum of Australia, Mr Andrew Sayers AM.
On Friday 13 September 2013, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, hosted an Investiture Ceremony.
The Governor-General and ACT Chief Minister, Ms Katy Gallagher MLA, officially announced it was one week until the Governor-General’s Centenary Family Picnic Day at Government House.
The Family Picnic Day on 21 September will run from 10am to 4pm and entry is free. For more information click here.
The Governor-General, as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, hosted an Investiture Ceremony at Government House, Canberra.
The ceremony was the 50th conducted by the Governor-General since beginning her term of office in September 2008.
At the Australian War Memorial, Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as Patron of the RAAF Association ACT, delivered a Commemorative Address at the ACT and Region Battle of Britain Ceremony.
On Thursday 12 September 2013, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted Investiture Ceremonies.
At Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted Investiture Ceremonies.
On Tuesday 10 September 2013, at Government House, Canberra, Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as Patron, received the Foundation Chair of Canberra Urban and Regional Futures, Professor Barbara Norman.
The Governor-General, the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, and Official Secretary, Mr Stephen Brady CVO, and Mr Peter Stephens are joined by Their Majesties King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau’u Tuku’aho, the King and Queen of Tonga, and their daughter Her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Tuku’aho during a visit to Government
On Sunday 8 September 2013, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO received a letter from the Honourable Kevin Rudd MP tendering his resignation as Prime Minister and recommending that the Governor-General invite the Leader of the Opposition, the Honourable Tony Abbott MP, to form Govern
On Saturday 7 September 2013, in Brisbane, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, as guest of the Chair of the Brisbane Girls Grammar School Board of Trustees, Ms Elizabeth Jameson, and Principal, Ms Jacinda Euler, launched the book ‘Educating Girls’, a history of Brisbane Girls Grammar School.
In Brisbane, the Governor-General, as guest of the Chair of the Brisbane Girls Grammar School Board of Trustees, Ms Elizabeth Jameson, and Principal, Ms Jacinda Euler, launched the book ‘Educating Girls’, a history of Brisbane Girls Grammar School.
On Friday 30 August 2013, at the Brisbane Convention Centre, Queensland, Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as Patron, attended the annual Melanoma Patients Australia dinner.
- Book Week Reading at Gold Creek School; National Wattle Day
On Friday 23 August 2013, at Gold Creek School, Canberra, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, as Patron of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and guest of the Principal, Mrs Linda Baird, read a book to Kindergarten students in recognition of Book Week.
- Governor-General marks Book Week at Gold Creek School
At Gold Creek School, Canberra, the Governor-General, as Patron of the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and guest of the Principal, Mrs Linda Baird, read a book to Kindergarten students in recognition of Book Week.
