On Thursday 1 April 2010, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC issue...

On Thursday 1 April 2010, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC issued the Affirmation of Office to the newly appointed Minister for Defence Personnel, the Honourable Alan Griffin MP; and Minister for Defence Materiel and Science, the Honourable Greg Combet AM MP.

In the afternoon, at Sydney Olympic Park, NSW, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended a ceremony, at which the Governor-General officially opened the 2010 Sydney Royal Easter Show.