On Wednesday 24 June 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

24 June 2009

Afterwards, at Defence Establishment Fairbairn, Canberra, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the Ceremonial Arrival of the King and Queen of the Kingdom of Spain, Their Majesties King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sof?¥a. Later, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce received the King and Queen of Spain. In the evening, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted a State Dinner in honour of the King and Queen of Spain. Guests included: His Excellency Mr Carlos S?Ñnchez de Boada y de la V?Ñlgoma and Mrs Maria Elena Torreguitar Delpech; Ms Cristina Garmendia Mendiz?Ñbal; Mr Alberto Aza Arias; Mr Angel Lossada Torres-Quevedo; Ms Silvia Iranzo Guti?”rrez; Mr Ricardo D?¥ez-Hochleitner Rodr?¥guez; Mr Felipe Carlos Victoria de Ayala; Mr Jos?” Cabrera Garc?¥a; Mr Manuel Barr?s Vales; Mr Alfonso Sanz Portol?”s; Mr Francisco Javier Vallaure de Acha; Mr Jos?” Eugenio Salarich Fern?Ñndez de Valderrama; Mr Jes?„s Banegas; Senator the Honourable Eric Abetz and Mrs Michelle Abetz; Ms Frances-Anne Callaghan and Mr James Keeler; Mr Noel Campbell; Senator Jacinta Collins; Senator the Honourable John Faulkner; Ms Felicity Galvez OAM and Mr Adrian Lemke; Dr Jens Goennemann and Mrs Dana Goennemann; Mr Juan Pedro G?mez Ja?”n; Professor John Griffiths and Ms Bernardita Moreno; the Honourable Justice William Gummow AC; Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFC; Mr Harry Jenkins MP and Mrs Michele Jenkins; Her Excellency Mrs Marta Ortiz de Rosas and Mr Jorge Carvajal; Mr Fabrice Rochereau and Ms Joy Zhao; Mr George Thompson; Mr Xavier Ugarte and Mrs Maria Rebeca Ugarte; and Mr Bernard Wheelahan and Mrs Helen Wheelahan.