On Thursday 12 February 2009, at the Integrated Emergency Coordination Centre (IECC) Melbourne, the ...

On Thursday 12 February 2009, at the Integrated Emergency Coordination Centre (IECC) Melbourne, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE met with the Premier of Victoria, the Honourable John Brumby MP, and later, as guests of the Chairman, Country Fire Authority, Mr Kerry Murphy PSM AFSM, received a briefing on the Victorian bushfires and met with IECC staff.

Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce visited the Wandong Country Fire Authority and met with local volunteer fire fighters. Then, at Alexandra, Victoria, the Governor-General and Mr Bryce visited the Alexandra Relief Centre and met with volunteers and members of the local community affected by the Victorian bushfires. Earlier, at Darwin International Airport, the Governor-General was represented at the arrival in Australia of the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, His Excellency Dr Jose Ramos-Horta, by Captain Vaughn Rixon CSC ADC RAN, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.