On Thursday 13 November 2008, at the Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Ryde, the Administrator, Her Excel...

On Thursday 13 November 2008, at the Royal Rehabilitation Centre, Ryde, the Administrator, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, as Patron, attended a morning tea to mark the work of the New South Wales Developmental Disability Health Unit.

Afterwards, at Government House, Sydney, the Administrator received the Minister of Law and Human Rights from the Republic of Indonesia, His Excellency Mr Andi Mattalatta. Later, the Administrator and Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE hosted a reception for awardees of the Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Scholarship Programme in New South Wales. In the evening, at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, the Administrator and Sir Nicholas, as guests of honour, attended a dinner hosted by the Land Commander Australia, Major General Mark Kelly AO. Earlier, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE departed France on a State Visit to the Republic of Malta. At Brisbane International Airport, the Governor-General was represented at the arrival in Australia of the President of the Republic of Nauru, His Excellency the Honourable Marcus Stephen, by Group Captain Robert Lawson ADC, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.