On Wednesday 10 March 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC, presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Afterwards, the Governor-General received the Chief Executive Officer, Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Ms Jane Singleton AM. Later, the Governor-General received the Ambassador-designate to the Kingdom of Denmark, Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway, Mr James Choi. In the afternoon, at Defence Establishment Fairbairn, the Governor-General attended the departure from Canberra of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, His Excellency Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Then, the Governor-General hosted a reception for delegates and partners of the 2010 International Association of Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions Congress.