On Friday 14 August 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Afterwards, the Governor-General received the new Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Commissioner Tony Negus APM. Later, at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, the Governor-General was represented at the State Funeral for the late the Honourable John Harber Phillips AC QC, by Wing Commander Mark Masini ADC, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.