On Thursday 19 June 2008, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, His Excellency Major ...

On Thursday 19 June 2008, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

In the afternoon, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General and Her Excellency Mrs Marlena Jeffery hosted a reception to celebrate the 16th Biennale of Sydney International Festival of Contemporary Art. Later, at Defence Establishment Fairbairn, ACT, the Governor-General was represented at the arrival in Canberra of the President of the Republic of Kiribati, His Excellency Anote Tong by Mr Brien Hallett, the Deputy Official Secretary to the Governor-General.