On Tuesday 4 December 2007, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General His Excellency Major...

On Tuesday 4 December 2007, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC, as Patron of Future Directions International, hosted to luncheon: Mr Kerry Collison; Mr Gregory Copley AM; Mr Allan Gyngell; Mr David Hawes; Mr Steve Howard; Dr Mark Hulett; Mr Craig Lawrence AM; Mr Jim Nockels; Mr Tony Nolan OAM; Mr Andrew Pickford; Brigadier Chris Roberts; AM CSC (Retd); and Brigadier Jim Wallace AM (Retd).

In the afternoon, the Governor-General, as Patron, and Her Excellency Mrs Marlena Jeffery hosted a reception for the National Gallery of Australia Foundation. In the evening, Their Excellencies hosted to dinner: Mr Tony Berg AM and Mrs Carol Berg; Mrs Robyn Burke and Mr??Graham Burke; Mr John Calvert-Jones AM and Mrs Janet Calvert-Jones AO; Mr??Gregory Copley AM; Ms Belinda Cotton; Ms Brenda Croft; Mr??Charles Curran AC and Mrs Eva Curran; Mr Gordon Darling AC CMG and Mrs Marilyn Darling; The Honourable Ashley Dawson-Damer and Mr Matthew Jones; Mr Simon Elliott; Mr Bill Ferris AO; Mrs??Rosemary Foot AO; Mr Alan Froud; Mr Warwick Hemsley and Ms??Diane Rae; Mr??John Hindmarsh and Mrs Rosanna Hindmarsh; Ms Annalisa Millar; Mr??Harold Mitchell AO and Mrs Beverley Mitchell; Mr Baillieu Myer AC and Mrs Sarah Myer; Mr Rupert Myer AM; Mrs Roslyn Packer AO; Mr John Schaeffer AO and Ms Bettina Dalton; Mr Michael Ullmer and Mrs Jenny Ullmer; Mr Ray Wilson OAM; Ms Karen Wood; and Mr Adam Worrall. Earlier, at the Thenonotaras Multicultural Centre, Canberra, Mrs Jeffery opened an art exhibition by Mrs Mariame Allali.