Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

On Wednesday 31 May 2023, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) attended breakfast with the Honourable Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia.   

Afterwards, the Governor-General and Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley attended a ceremony, at which the Governor-General issued the Oath and Affirmations of Office to newly appointed Parliamentary Secretaries: the Honourable Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment and Workplace relations; Mr Patrick Gorman MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Public Service; and Senator Anthony Chisolm, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.  

Then, the Governor-General received Dr Greg French, Australian Ambassador-designate to the Netherlands.

In the afternoon, the Governor-General met with students from Yackandandah Primary School, New South Wales, as they conducted a tour of Government House.