Federal Executive Council; Gender Institute

On Thursday 10 March 2011, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Afterwards, the Governor-General, as Patron, received the Chairman-elect of the Australian Veterans Children Assistance Trust, Vice Admiral Russ Shalders AO CSC RAN (Retd).

In the evening, at the Australian National University, Canberra, the Governor-General, as guest of Professor Hilary Charlesworth AM from the Centre for International Governance and Justice Regulatory Institutions, launched the Gender Institute.