On Wednesday 24 March 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Then, the Governor-General hosted a lunch for: Her Excellency the Right Honourable Baroness Valerie Amos; Ms Glenys Beauchamp; the Honourable Justice Virginia Bell; Ms Elizabeth Brenchley; Ms Lynelle Briggs; Mrs Betty Churcher AO; Major General Elizabeth Cosson CSC; Dr Wendy Craik AM; Dr Joanne Daly PSM; Ms Faiza El-Higzi; Mrs Valerie French; Ms Janice Fullerton AO; Ms Jane Halton PSM; Ms Virginia Haussegger; Ms Renee Leon; Adjunct Professor Margo Neale; Professor Deborah Rickwood; Professor Margaret Sheil; Professor Margaret Thornton; Dr Helen Watchirs OAM; Ms Leisel Wett; and Her Excellency Ms Jacqueline Zwambila.