Swearing-in ceremony of new Senators

On Monday 4 July 2011, at Parliament House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General administered the oath or affirmation of allegiance to Senators elected to serve in the Senate from 1 July 2011.

In the afternoon, at Government House, the Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief, received the incoming Chief of the Australian Defence Force, General David Hurley AC DSC.

Afterwards, the Governor-General received the Australian High Commissioner to India, Mr Peter Varghese AO.