Investiture Ceremony for Mr Andrew Liveris AO; Opening of new exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy; Dinner for the Australian Academy of Science.

On Wednesday 13 August 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, invested Mr Andrew Liveris AO with the insignia of Officer of the Order of Australia.

Afterwards, at the Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra, the Governor-General and Lady Cosgrove attended a reception at which the Governor-General opened the new exhibition ‘Crisis 1914! The Call to Arms’.

Later, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General received the Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Australia, Ms Jennifer Westacott, and the Director of Communications, Ms Claire Tedeschi.

In the evening, the Governor-General and Lady Cosgrove hosted a dinner for the Australian Academy of Science. Guests included: Professor Brian Anderson AO and Mrs Dianne Anderson; Professor Anthony Cheetham; Professor Suzanne Cory AC; Professor David De Kretser AC; Professor Les Field AM and Dr Judith Field; Professor Andrew Holmes AM and Mrs Jenny Holmes; Professor Chennupati Jagadish and Dr Vidya Jagadish; Professor Peter Koopman; Professor Pauline Ladiges AO; Dr Julie Maxton; Dr Sue Meek AO and Ms Sheila Hughes; Dr Jim Peacock AC and Mrs Margaret Peacock; Professor Michael Raupach; Ms Hilary Talbot; Professor Robert Vincent and Mrs Annette Vincent; and Professor Jim Williams and Mrs Rosslyn Joy Williams.