Following the departure from Australia of the Governor-General and Mrs Jeffery on an Official Visit to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Proclamation assuming the Administration of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia was signed by the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO.
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At Government House, Canberra, the Federation Guard provided a Guard of Honour for a Credentials Ceremony at which the Governor-General received from His Excellency Mr Filippos Kritiotis, Letters of Commission accrediting him as High Commissioner for the Republic of Cyprus. Afterwards, the Governor-General received Letters of Credence from His Excellency Mr Gabor Csaba,accrediting him as Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary, and Letters of Credence from His Excellency Mr Anibal de Castro, accrediting him as Ambassador of the Dominican Republic.
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At Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General received members of the NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust and post-graduate students.
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Students from Wilderness School, South Australia, are given an overview of the role of the Governor-General and the history of Government House and the Grounds at Yarralumla as part of an organised school tour.
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At Campbell Barracks Swanbourne, WA, Their Excellencies the Governor-General as Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Defence Force and Honorary Colonel of the Special Air Service Regiment, and Mrs Jeffery attended a Memorial Service for the 50th Anniversary of the Special Air Service Regiment.
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Their Excellencies the Governor-General, as Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Defence Force and Honorary Colonel of the Special Air Service Regiment, and Mrs Jeffery attended an Order of Australia Investiture Ceremony for Special Air Service Regiment personnel at which the Governor-General as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, invested six recipients with the insignia of their appointment in the Order of Australia. The Governor-General also presented the Special Air Service Regiment with a Unit Commendation for Gallantry and the Special Operations Command Australia with a Meritorious Unit Commendation.
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The Governor-General records a message for the official opening of the 2007 Tertiary Education Management Conference. Other commitments prevented His Excellency from opening the conference so an offer of a recorded message was made to the organisers.
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Their Excellencies, the Governor-General and Mrs Jeffery, greet visitors to Admiralty House, Sydney, during the Australiana Fund open day.
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At Government House Canberra, Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Mrs Jeffery attended, and the Governor-General conducted, two Investiture Ceremonies.
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In the afternoon, at Government House Canberra, Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Mrs Jeffery attended, and the Governor-General conducted, the second of two Investiture Ceremonies.
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At Melbourne Town Hall, Victoria, the Governor-General officially opened the Returned and Services League of Australia National Congress 2007.
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At Government House, Canberra, Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Mrs Jeffery hosted a reception at which the Governor-General, as Patron-in-Chief of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, presented the 2007 Churchill Fellows Awards.
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At Admiralty House, Sydney, Their Excellencies received the President of the Russian Federation, His Excellency Mr Vladimir Putin, accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Sergey Lavrov; Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Mr Artur Chilingarov; Ambassador of the Russian Federation, His Excellency Mr Alexander Blokhin; Head of the Committee for International Relations of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Mr Konstantin Kosachev; and the Australian Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Mr Bob Tyson.
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At Admiralty House, Sydney, Their Excellencies, the Governor-General and Mrs Jeffery attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General was invested with an Honorary Grand Companion of the Order of the Logohu by the Right Honourable Grand Chief Sir Michael T. Somare GCL GCMG CH CF KStJ, Prime Minister of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. The Prime Minister was accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration, the Honourable Sam Abal, MP; Parliamentary Secretary for Education, the Honourable David Arore, MP; Chief Secretary to Government, Ambassador Mr Isaac Lupari; High Commissioner for Papua New Guinea, His Excellency Mr Charles Lepani; Acting Director General State Protocol, Ms Joan Vanariu MBE; and Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Papua New Guinea, Mr Tipo Vuatha LVO MBE.
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At Admiralty House, Sydney, Their Excellencies the Governor-General Mrs Jeffery received the President of the United States of America, the Honourable George W. Bush accompanied by the Secretary of State, Dr Condoleezza Rice; Ambassador of the United States of America, His Excellency Mr Robert McCallum Jr; and the Australian Ambassador to the United States of America, Mr Denis Richardson AO.
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At Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General and Mrs Jeffery received His Excellency Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China, accompanied by the Head of the General Office, Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, His Excellency Wang Gang; Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Yang Jiechi; Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency Zhang Junsai; Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr He Yafei; and the Australian Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Dr Geoff Raby.
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The Governor-General along with bee expert, Dr Doug Somerville, inspect some young bees and hives in the grounds of Government House as part of the media launch for the 40th Apimondia Congress.
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The Governor-General departed Malaysia at the completion of his official visit.
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At the Australian Residence, Kuala Lumpur, the Governor-General, His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC, as the guest of honour, attended a luncheon hosted by Australian High Commissioner in Malaysia, Her Excellency Ms Penny Williams.
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