On Tuesday 30 June 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC rec...

On Tuesday 30 June 2009, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received from His Excellency Lemalu Tate Simi, Letters of Commission accrediting him as the High Commissioner for the Independent State of Samoa. The High Commissioner was accompanied by Mr Luciano Fonoti (Deputy Head of Mission).

Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a morning tea in honour of the High Commissioner for the Independent State of Samoa. Later, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce hosted a lunch in honour of the High Commissioner-designate to the Republic of India, Mr Peter Varghese. In the evening, at the Australian Defence College, Weston Creek, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce attended a reception for the students attending the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies. Earlier, at Government House, Mr Bryce, as Patron of Art Sound Community Radio, received the General Manager Engineering and Development, Mr Chris Deacon, and the General Manager Business and Administration, Ms Isobel Griffin.