On Monday, 3 September 2007, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General His Excellency Majo...

On Monday, 3 September 2007, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

Earlier, the Governor-General was represented at Darwin International Airport at the arrival in Australia of the President of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, His??Excellency Dr Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta, by Brigadier C. Orme CSC, an??Honorary Aide-de-Camp. In the evening, the Governor-General was represented at Perth International Airport at the arrival in Australia of the President of the People's Republic of China, His Excellency Hu Jintao, by Mr Malcolm Hazell CVO, Official Secretary to the Governor-General.