On Tuesday 2 March 2010, at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC ...

On Tuesday 2 March 2010, at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC delivered the First Reading at the National Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur.

In the evening, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a State Dinner in honour of the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama. Guests included: His Excellency Mr Molosiwa Selepeng; the Honourable Phandu T.C Skelemani; Mr Newman Kahiya; Colonel Duke Masilo; Ms Daphne Kadiwa; Her Excellency the Right Honourable Baroness Valerie Amos; Dr Nick Austin; Ms Sheridan Maher; Mr Peter Baxter and Ms Lynette Wood; Professor Rosalind Croucher and Professor John Croucher; Mr Robert Delane; Deputy Commissioner Peter Drennen and Mrs Fiona Drennen; Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons AFSM and Mrs Lisa Fitzsimmons; the Honourable Chief Justice Robert French AC; Professor Peter Fricker OAM and Mrs Robyn Fricker; Major General Steve Gower AO (Retd) and Mrs Heather Gower; Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFC and Mrs Liz Houston; Senator Gary Humphries and Mrs Cathie Humphries; the Honourable Bob McMullan MP; Mr Charles Millward and Mrs Anne Millward; Mr Lindsay Reed and Mrs Jenny Reed; Mr Bill Repard and Ms Jane Prendiville; Mr Dennis Richardson AO and Mrs Betty Richardson; Mr Stuart Robert MP; Professor Nicholas Saunders and Mrs Kath Saunders; Mr Alby Schultz MP and Mrs Gloria Schultz; His Excellency Mr Rajab M. Sukayri and Mrs Nehad Sukayri. Earlier, in Forrest, Canberra, Mr Bryce attended a lunch hosted by the Ambassador of the Italian Republic, His Excellency Gian Ludovico De Martino Di Montegiordano.