Sydney, New South Wales

On Friday 2 September 2022, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), as Patron, and Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley, as guests of Mrs Gabrielle Thompson AM, Chief Executive Officer, attended a performance by the Australian World Orchestra – conducted by Maestro Zubin Mehta – at the Sydney Opera House.

Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mrs Hurley attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General, as Chancellor, invested Maestro Zubin Mehta AC as an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia.

Earlier, the Governor-General was represented at the State Memorial Service in honour of The Honourable Jane Garrett by Colonel Mark Richards HADC.