Call by Governor-General-designate; Farewell dinner

On Thursday 13 February 2014, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General the Honourable Quentin Bryce AC CVO, received the Governor-General-designate, General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (Retd).

In the evening, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a farewell dinner. Guests included: Mr Neil Balnaves AO and Mrs Diane Balnaves; Ms Bronwyn Bancroft and Mr Peter Alford; Mr Luca Belgiorno-Nettis AM and Mrs Anita Belgiorno-Nettis; the Honourable Justice Virginia Bell AC; the Honourable Anna Bligh and Mr Greg Withers; Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick and Ms Jane Latimer; Mr Robin Crawford and Mrs Judy Crawford; Mr Charles Curran AC and Mrs Eva Curran; Professor Megan Davis and Mr James Smith; Ms Katrina Dawson and Ms Julie Taylor; Mr Andrew Denton and Ms Jennifer Byrne; Ms Anne Deveson AO and Ms Georgia Blain; Ms Jane Diplock AO and Mr Phillip Meyer; Ms Geraldine Doogue AO and Mrs Eliza Harvey; Ms Celina Edmonds and Mr David Breen; the Honourable Tim Fischer AC and Mrs Judy Brewer Fischer; Mr Peter Fitzsimons AM; the Honourable Ian Gzell QC and Mrs Sylvia Gzell; Mr Ralph Heimans and Ms Tami Heimans; Dr Gerard Henderson and Ms Anne Henderson; Ms Elaine Henry OAM and Mr Robert Henry; Ms Jane Higgins and Mr Robert Higgins; Mr David Jackson AM QC and Dr Monica Jackson; Mr Peter Joseph AM and Mrs Nettie Joseph; Ms Gail Kelly and Dr Allan Kelly; Ms Louise Kelly and Mr Francis Ginter; Mr Paul Kelly and Dr Margaret Kelly; Ms Jane Latimer; Mr Kerry Lonergan and Ms Bronwyn Wells; Mr Chris Masters and Mrs Tanya Masters; Ms Helen McCabe and Ms Carmel McCabe; Mr Kevin McCann AM; Mrs Deidre McCann; Ms Wendy McCarthy AO and Ms Sophie McCarthy; Mr David Mortimer AO and Mrs Barbara Mortimer; Mrs Gail O'Brien and Ms Juliette O'Brien; Dr Lisa O'Brien; Mr Peter Overton and Ms Jessica Rowe; Mrs Roslyn Packer AO; Ms Valerie Pratt AO and Emeritus Professor Edward Davis AM; Professor Roger Reddel and Professor Helen Reddel; Ms Heather Ridout and Mr Bill Bowtell AO; Mr Paul Robertson AM and Mrs Lenore Robertson; Scientia Professor Veena Sahajwalla and Dr Rama Mahapatra; Ms Leigh Sales and Mr Phil Willis; Ms Ann Sherry AO and Mr Michael Hogan; Senator the Honourable Arthur Sinodinos AO and Mrs Elizabeth Sinodinos; Mr Dick Smith AO and Mrs Pip Smith; the Honourable Warwick Smith AM and Mrs Kathryn Smith; Professor Ross Steele and the Honourable Ashley Dawson-Damer; Dr Anne Summers AO and Mr Chip Rolley; Ms Catherine Tanna and Mr David Clark; Mr Lyndon Terracini and Ms Noemi Nadelmann; Mr Michael Traill AM and Mrs Jenny Gage-Traill; the Honourable Malcolm Turnbull MP and Mrs Lucy Turnbull; Mr Alastair Walton and Ms Susan Wynne; Ms Pamela Williams and Mr Warren Scott; Dr Geoff Wise and Mrs Anne Wise; Mrs Jillian Wolfe and Mr Jonathan Wolfe; and Ms Carla Zampatti AC.