On Monday 19 October 2009, at Old Parliament House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce ...

On Monday 19 October 2009, at Old Parliament House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC, as Patron of Carers Australia, officially launched Carers Week 2009.

Afterwards, at Government House, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a morning tea for the Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee. In the afternoon, the Governor-General received the President of ActionAid, the Honourable John Dowd AO QC. In the evening, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce attended a musical reception for the Friends of Opera Committee.