On Thursday 30 July 2009, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Afterwards, the Governor-General received Professor Valerie Pratt AM. In the afternoon, the Governor-General, as Patron, received the Executive Director of the Constitution Education Fund Australia, Mrs Kerry Jones, and the Chairman of Trustees of the Constitution Education Fund Australia, Mr Barry O'Keefe AM. Afterwards, the Governor-General, as Patron, received the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mawson's Huts Foundation, Mr David Jensen AM, and the Director of Mawson's Huts Foundation, Mr Gregory Holland. Later, the Governor-General received Ms Anne Maria Nicholson. In the evening, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted the launch of The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature.