On Thursday 4 October 2007, at Sydney, the Administrator Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Later, at Jupiters Townsville, Queensland, the Administrator officially opened the 75th??National Conference of Legacy Clubs of Australia: The Changing Face of Legacy, and afterwards attended a Civic Reception hosted by the Mayor of the City of Townsville Councillor Tony Mooney. In The Kingdom of Belgium, Zonnebeke, West Flanders Province, Their Excellencies, the Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC and Mrs Marlena Jeffery laid a wreath at a New Zealand Commemorative Ceremony at 's Gravenstafel. Afterwards, at Tyne Cot, Their Excellencies attended an ANZAC Commemorative Ceremony at which the Governor-General delivered an address and together with Mrs??Jeffery laid a wreath. Later, at The Buttes New British Cemetery, Their Excellencies attended and the Governor-General delivered the keynote address at the ceremony of re-interment of five Australian Soldiers of the Great War. Earlier, at Brisbane International Airport, the Administrator was represented at the departure in Australia of the President of the Republic of Nauru, His??Excellency the Honourable Ludwig Scotty MP, by Colonel Dennis J. Scanlan, CSM, RFD, an Honorary Aide-de-Camp.