On Monday 1 September 2008, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, His Excellency Majo...

On Monday 1 September 2008, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC received the Australian Ambassador-designate to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Mr Allaster Cox.

Later, at the High Court of Australia, the Governor-General attended a ceremonial sitting of the High Court of Australia to mark the swearing in of the new Chief Justice of Australia, the Honourable Chief Justice Robert French. In the Afternoon, at Government House, the Governor-General received the Australian Ambassador-designate to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr Marc Innes-Brown.