On Thursday 30 April 2009 at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Afterwards, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Melbourne, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the launch of the Australian Practice Nurses Association 2009 Inaugural National Conference, at which the Governor-General delivered the keynote address. Later, at the University of Sydney, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General officially opened the new Sydney Law School Building.