Swearing-in Ceremony

At Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General and Lady Cosgrove hosted a ceremony at which the Governor-General issued the oath of office to the Honourable Michael Keenan MP as Minister for Justice and appointed him to administer the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Attorney-General’s Department; and issued the oath of office to Senator the Honourable Concetta Fierravanti-Wells as Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services and appointed her to administer the Attorney-General’s Department and the Department of Social Services.