Canberra, ACT and Sydney, NSW

On Monday 9 May 2016, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Afterwards, at Parliament House, Canberra, the Official Secretary to the Governor-General, Mr Mark Fraser LVO OAM, read the Governor-General’s proclamation to dissolve the Senate and the House of Representatives.

In the evening, at Admiralty House, Sydney, Lady Cosgrove hosted a reception for Paint the Town REaD.