On Wednesday 18 June 2008, at Government House, Canberra, Her Excellency Mrs Marlena Jeffery hosted a breakfast for Save the Children Australia.

In the evening, at Brisbane International Airport, the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC was represented at the arrival in Australia of the President of the Republic of Kiribati, His Excellency Anote Tong, by Commander Forbes Peters RAN, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.