On Friday 31 August 2012, at the Copper Box, London, the Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, as guests of the Acting President of the Australian Paralympic Committee, Mr Nick Dean and Australian Paralympic Committee Board Member, Mrs Joyce Parszos, attended the Women’s Goalball.
- Governor-General attends Day Two of the London Paralympics
On Day 2 of the London Paralympics, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce supported Australia’s elite athletes competing in five events across the city.
- Federal Executive Council; Wattle Day; London Paralympics
On Thursday 30 August 2012, at Government House, Canberra the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.
At Government House, the Administrator, Professor Marie Bashir, AC CVO, received a basket of wattle from students at Canberra's Burgmann Anglican Junior School to mark Wattle Day on September the 1st.
- Governor-General attends Day One of the London Paralympics
On Day 1 of the London Paralympics, the Governor-General shared a special moment with Australian cyclists Susan Powell and Alexandra Green as she presented them with Gold and Bronze Medals for the Women's Cycling C4 Pursuit.
The Governor-General speaking to the media at the Australian Memorial, Wellington Arch, London on the tragic deaths of five Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.
- Sydney Consular Women’s Club; Priscilla Sutton exhibition; London Paralympics
On Wednesday 29 August 2012, at Government House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, hosted a reception for the Sydney Women’s Consular Club.
- Australian Father of the Year; London Paralympics Flag Raising and Welcome Ceremony
On Tuesday 28 August 2012, at Parliament House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, as guest of the Chair of the Shepherd Centre, Mr Michael Shepherd, attended the Australian Father of the Year Lunch.
- Governor-General attends Governor-General meets families and supporters of Australian Paralympians
The Governor-General praised the extraordinary support given to Australian Paralympians during a reception for family, friends and supporters in London.
- Governor-General attends Welcome and Flag Raising Ceremony with Australian Paralympians
On the eve of the London Paralympic Games, the Governor-General, as Patron of the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC), and Mr Michael Bryce met and subsequently led members of the Australian team for the Welcome and Flag Raising Ceremony at the Paralympic Village.
On Sunday 26 August 2012, at the Australian High Commissioner’s Residence, Singapore, the Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE met with the former President of Singapore, Mr S.R. Nathan and Mrs Nathan.
- Proclamation assuming the Administration of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia; Gardens by the Bay
On Saturday 25 August 2012, following the departure of the Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO to lead Australia’s representation at the London Paralympic Games, followed by a State Visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and official visit to the Sultanate of Oman, the proclamation assuming the Administration of the Government
On Friday 24 August 2012, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, hosted a lunch in honour of the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Ms Michelle Bachelet AC.
On Thursday 23 August 2012, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, received the Chairman of Youngcare, Mr David Conry.
- Credentials; Investiture Ceremony for Ms Michelle Bachelet AC
On Wednesday 22 August 2012, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, received from Her Royal Highness Princess Angelika Latufuipeka Halaevalu Mata’aho Napua Okalani Tuku’aho, Letters of Commission accrediting her as High Commissioner for the Kingdom of Tonga.
- Governor-General appoints Ms Michelle Bachelet AC an honorary Companion of the Order of Australia
Ms Michelle Bachelet AC, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, was appointed an honorary Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia during a ceremony at Government House in Canberra.
On Tuesday 21 August 2012, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.
- Dinner for The Council for the Order of Australia
On Monday 20 August 2012, at Government House, the Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, received the President of Australian Women in Agriculture, Ms Marion Rak, and Board Members Ms Lauren Brisbane, Ms Susan Jenkins, Ms Catherine Marriott, Ms Elaine Paton, Ms Vivian Thompson and Ms Jan Walker.
On Sunday 19 August 2012, at Government House Canberra, the Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, hosted to lunch the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Honourable Chief Justice Robert French AC and Mrs Valerie French.
