On Wednesday 23 June 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC r...

On Wednesday 23 June 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received the Chair of The Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Mr Mike Murray; and members Mr Russell Newman, Ms Connie Woodberry, and Professor Philip Poronnik.

In the afternoon, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE received the Senior Australian Army Representative of the Australian Fromelles Project Group, Major General Mike O'Brien (Ret'd), and Project Manager, Lieutenant Colonel James Brownlie. Afterwards, the Governor-General received the Australian Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Mr Peter Heyward. Later, the Governor-General received the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, His Excellency Dr Jose Ramos-Horta. In the evening, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted a State Dinner in honour of the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. Guests included: His Excellency Mr Abel Guterres; His Excellency Dr Zacarias Albano da Costa; His Excellency Mr Jo??o Gon??alves; Mr Jos?” m Soares Turquel de Jesus; Mr Mario Francisco Correia Xinenes; Major Michael Stone; Lieutenant Fransisco da Silva; Senator the Honourable Eric Abetz; Mr Peter Baxter and Ms Lynette Wood; Mr Peter Britton; Mr Steve Brown and Mrs Jenny Brown; General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (Ret'd) and Mrs Lynne Cosgrove; Mr Robert de Castella MBE and Mrs Theresa de Castella; His Excellency Mr Claudio de la Puente; the Honourable John Dowd AO QC and Mrs Jill Dowd; Professor Barney Glover and Ms Maree Collins; the Honourable Justice Dyson Heydon AC and Mrs Pamela Heydon; Mr Peter Heyward; Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFC and Mrs Liz Houston; Senator Steve Hutchins; Mr Harry Jenkins MP; Professor Damien Kingsbury; Ms Rae Kingsbury; Mr Harold Mitchell AO; Dr Julia Newton-Howes; Deputy Commissioner Michael Phelan APM; Mr Marc Purcell and Ms Nugul Sawat; Ms Janelle Saffin MP; the Honourable Stephen Smith MP; and Mr Don Voelte.