Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

On Tuesday 30 July 2019, Their Excellencies, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) and Mrs Linda Hurley, received Mr Cameron Oxley KStJ, Chancellor, Order of St John, and Mrs Bronwyn Ross and Mr Len Fiori KStJ, CEO, St John Ambulance Australia, at Government House, Canberra.

Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mrs Hurley hosted a ceremony at which the Governor-General was installed as the Prior, Order of St John, and a portrait of Professor Mark Compton AM GCStJ, Lord Prior, Order of St John, was unveiled.

Later, the Governor-General and Mrs Hurley, as guests of Professor Mark Compton AM GCStJ, Lord Prior, Order of St John, attended a lunch.

In the afternoon, the Governor-General received Major General Stephen Day AM DSC, former Coordinator-General for Drought, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, at Government House, Canberra