Police Commissioners Stand Together Against Violence on Women and Their Children; Farewell dinner in honour of Dr Ian Watt AO

On Monday 24 November 2014, at Parliament House, Canberra, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), and Lady Cosgrove, attended the Police Commissioners Stand Together Against Violence on Women and Their Children event.

In the evening, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General and Lady Cosgrove hosted a farewell dinner in honour of Dr Ian Watt AO. Guests included: Mr Hugh Bayford; Dr Helen Berry and Mr Greg Bergsma; Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin AC and Mrs Gitte Binskin; Mr David Borthwick AO PSM and Ms Wynne Hannon; Mr Phil Bowen PSM; Ms Kathryn Carroll PSM; Commissioner Andrew Colvin APM OAM; Ms Rebecca Cross PSM; Dr Gordon de Brouwer PSM; Mr Richard Eccles; Mr George Foley and Mrs Janice Foley; Mr Jamie Fox; the Honourable Joshua Frydenberg MP; Dr Paul Grimes PSM; Dr David Gruen; Dr David Irvine AO; Ms Elizabeth Kelly; Mrs Beryl Jane Knox PSM and Mr Graham Knox; Ms Renee Leon PSM; Ms Philippa Lynch; Mr Richard Maude; Dr Margot McCarthy; Mr Paul McClintock AO; Mr Allan McKinnon; Mr Martin Parkinson PSM; Mr Finn Pratt PSM; Mr John Rowling and Mrs Myra Rowling; Mr Stephen Sedgwick AO; Dr Heather Smith; Ms Pip Spence PSM; Mr Glenn Stevens; Mr Maurice Stewart and Mrs Elaine Stewart; the Honourable Alan Tudge MP; Mr David Tune PSM; Mr Peter Varghese AO; Mrs Lorraine Watt; Ms Debbie Wauchop; and Mr Jeff Whalan AO and Ms Yvonne O’Neill.

Earlier, at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, Lady Cosgrove, as Patron of the Friends of the Gardens, officially opened the new Asteraceae Garden.