Lunch in honour of Ms Michelle Bachelet AC

On Friday 24 August 2012, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, hosted a lunch in honour of the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, Ms Michelle Bachelet AC. Guests included: Dr Amanda Bell; the Honourable Justice Virginia Bell AC; Ms Elizabeth Broderick; the Honourable Dr Meredith Burgmann; Mrs Penny Button; Ms Marie Coleman AO PSM; Ms Helen Conway; Associate Professor Tracey Dickson; Ms Geraldine Doogue AO; Ms Faiza El-Higzi; the Honourable Elizabeth Evatt AC; Ms Jan Ferguson; Mrs Valerie French; Wing Commander Dee Gibbon; Ms Joanna Hayter; Councillor Nicole Lockwood; Mrs Christine McDonald OAM; Ms Madge McGuire; Ms Julie McKay; Ms Casey Morecroft; Ms Mary Ann O’Loughlin; Ms Jan Owen AM; Ms Kate Palmer; Ms Yvette Park; Ms Bev Perel; Dr Elizabeth Reid AO; Ms Heather Ridout; Ms Mavis Robertson AM; Ms Carol Schwartz AM; Dr Dale Spender AM; Professor Fiona Stanley AC; Ms Naomi Steer; Dr Anne Summers AO; Ms Catherine Tanna; Ms Deborah Thomas; Ms Jenny Trethewey; Dr Casta Tungaraza; Ms Catherine Walker PSM; Ms Donelle Wheeler; Ms Pamela Williams; Ms Penny Williams; and Ms Elizabeth Woodgate.

Later, the Governor-General was represented at Sydney International Airport at the arrival in Australia of the President of the Republic of Nauru, His Excellency the Honourable Sprent Dabwido MP, by Group Captain Sue McGready ADC, Honorary Aide-de-Camp