Sydney, NSW

On Saturday 8 April 2017, at the Sydney Showground, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), and Lady Cosgrove, as guests of the President of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, Mr Robert Ryan OAM, officially opened the 2017 Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Earlier, at Defence Establishment Fairbairn, Canberra, the Governor-General was represented at the departure from Canberra of the President of Nauru, His Excellency the Honourable Baron Divavesi Waqa MP, and Madam Louisa Waqa, by Mr Paul Singer MVO, Acting Deputy Official Secretary to the Governor-General.