The Governor-General's Program

- Sydney, New South Wales

Callers; Investiture Ceremony; Noteable Theatre Company’s Gala Benefit Concert

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Breakfast with the Prime Minister; Callers; Investiture

- Melbourne, Victoria

Emergency Management Victoria’s State Control Centre; Red Cross National Co-ordination Centre; 2020 John Monash Scholarship

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

National Emergency Medal Committee; Caller; President of the Republic of Indonesia departure

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

The Australian Bravery Association Service of Remembrance; Ceremonial Welcome and State Lunch for the President of the Republic of Indonesia

- Tenterfield, New South Wales

2020 Tenterfield Show

- Sydney, New South Wales

Caller, Investiture Ceremony

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Federal Executive Council; Ministerial Swearing-in Ceremony

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Caller, lunch with the Pacific Island Heads of Mission

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Ecumenical Service for the commencement of the Australian Parliament for 2020; launch of the University of Canberra's International Building Quality Centre; Callers

- Melbourne, Victoria

State Memorial Service of the late the Honourable John Cain

- Melbourne, Victoria

Visit to the Doherty Institute; Australian Open Women’s Singles Final

- Sydney, New South Wales

6th Annual Lysicrates Theatre Competition

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Federal Executive Council; Caller; Lunch for Rear Admiral Brad Hicks

- Sydney; Eveleigh; Drummoyne, New South Wales

Governor-General’s XI cricket team morning tea; Visit to ID.Know Yourself; Governor-General’s XI cricket match

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Sydney, New South Wales

National Flag Raising Ceremony, Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Travel from Israel to Australia

- Singapore

Travel from Israel to Australia; Reception for the 2020 Australian of the Year Award finalists

- Jerusalem, Israel; Amman, Jordan

World Holocaust Forum; travel from Israel to Australia

- Jerusalem, Israel; Ramallah, Palestinian Territories

Yad Vashem visit; St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital visit; President of the Palestinian Authority meeting; Jerusalem War Cemetery visit and wreath-laying ceremony; Presidential Dinner

- Jerusalem; Tel Aviv, Israel

Briefing; Australian Landing Pad Tel Aviv visit; Peres Centre for Peace and Innovation visit; Meeting with the President of the State of Israel

- Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Amman, Jordan; Tel Aviv; Jerusalem, Israel

Federal Executive Council; Travel to Jerusalem, Israel; Reception for Supreme and Federal Court Judges’ Conference

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Singapore; Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates

- Sydney, New South Wales

Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School Reception

- Nowra, Milton, Conjola Park, Lake Conjola, HMAS Albatross, New South Wales

Nowra RFS visit; CWA Milton Branch visit; Milton Disaster Relief Centre visit; Community engagement in Conjola Park and Lake Conjola; HMAS Albatross visit

- Queanbeyan; Braidwood; Araluen, New South Wales

Queanbeyan Fire Control Centre visit; BlazeAid visit; Braidwood visit; Araluen visit

- Sydney, Moruya, Mogo, Batemans Bay, New South Wales

Eurobodalla region bushfire briefing; Mogo Zoo visit; Mogo township visit; Batemans Bay Surf Life Saving Club Evacuation Centre visit; Malua Bay Pharmacy visit; Broulee Rural Fire Brigade visit

- Sydney, New South Wales; Kangaroo Island, Adelaide, Lobethal, South Australia

Kangaroo Island bushfire response visit; SA CFS Headquarters visit; Tilbrook Estate Winery bushfire recovery visit; Lobethal Recovery Centre visit

- Sydney, New South Wales; East Sale; Bairnsdale; Lucknow, Victoria

Bairnsdale Relief Centre visit; Lucknow Memorial Hall Donation Centre visit; RAAF Base East Sale Relief Centre visit

- Sydney, New South Wales

Caller

- Sydney, New South Wales; East Sale; Sale, Victoria

Visit to RAAF Base East Sale; Visit to the Sale Country Fire Authority Brigade

- Singapore; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Travel to Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

- Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Travel from the United Arab Emirates

- Kabul, Afghanistan; Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Visits to Australian Military and Diplomatic Personnel in Kabul, Afghanistan; Call with the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Travel to Dubai, United Arab Emirates

- Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Baghdad, Iraq; Taji, Iraq; Kabul, Afghanistan

Travel to the Republic of Iraq; Visits to Australian Military and Diplomatic Personnel in Iraq; Call with the President of the Republic of Iraq; Travel to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

- Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Visit to Australian Consulate in Dubai; Call with the Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates; Call with the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates; Visit to the Australian Embassy in Abu Dhabi

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Singapore; Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Travel to United Arab Emirates

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

1Way FM Canberra Interview

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Federal Executive Council; ADFA Graduation Parade; Caller

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Credential Ceremonies; UNSW Canberra Degree Conferral; Christmas Reception for Patronage Organisations

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Royal Military College Duntroon Graduation; Canberra PCYC Graduation

- Sydney, New South Wales; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales Rural Fire Service State Operations Centre Visit; Sydney University Regiment Visit; Royal Military College – Duntroon, Australian Defence Force Academy and Spitfire Association Reception

- Sydney; New South Wales

2019 Emirates Australian Open

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Ulmarra, Nymboida, Sydney, New South Wales

Clarence Valley Fire Control Centre briefing; Nymboida Recovery Centre and Community Visit; Clarence Valley Aviation Support Centre

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

2019 Australian Command and Staff Course Graduation Ceremony; Callers

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Federal Executive Council; UnitingCare Canberra City visit; Callers; Stellar Canberra visit; Friends of Government House reception

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Breakfast with the Prime Minister; Caller; Returned and Services League of Australia Opening; Association of Spouses of Heads of Mission Luncheon; Address-in-Reply

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; Commander of the American Legion Lunch; Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award; Rhodes Australia-at-Large Dinner

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Farewell lunch; Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Reception; Commonwealth Club Dinner

- Carwoola, New South Wales; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Carwoola Rural Fire Brigade Visit; Caller

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Federal Executive Council; Callers; Parliamentary Friends of Palliative Care and Dementia Luncheon

- Adelaide, South Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

East Adelaide School visit; Order of Australia morning tea; South Australian Country Fire Service Headquarters visit; Tutti Choir visit

- Adelaide, South Australia

APY Collective Gallery visit; Lot Fourteen visit; Osborne Naval Shipyard visit; Visy Recycling Centre visit

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Adelaide, South Australia

Indonesian Staff Colleges; South Australian Parliament; Vinnies Women’s Crisis Centre; Tarnanthi Festival

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; Presentation of the Australian Red Cross’ Florence Nightingale Medal

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Amberley, Queensland

No. 86 Wing Colour Consecration Parade; No. 6 Squadron visit; Royal Australian Regiment Birthday Dinner

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Credential Ceremony; Caller

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Caller; Woden Valley RSL Sub-Branch morning tea; Questacon visit; reception for Hello Sunday Morning

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Rowing Australia visit; Callers; 2019 Queen’s Scout and Baden-Powell Scout Awards

- Sydney, New South Wales; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Memorial boat ride

- Sydney, New South Wales

Sydney University Regiment Annual Dinner

- Sydney, New South Wales

Callers; Chris O’Brien Lifehouse Centre visit; Allowah Presbyterian Children’s Hospital visit; reception for the 125th Anniversary of the Royal Life Saving Society of Australia

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Sydney, New South Wales

Federal Executive Council; EFV Advisory Council meeting; The Prince’s Trust Australia reception; Rugby Australia Awards

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Credential Ceremonies; Credentials lunch; Skype sessions with school students; Playgroup Australia reception; School Tour

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Australian Signals Directorate visit; Lunch; Australian Bravery Decorations Council Dinner

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Remembrance Day National Ceremony; Embassy of France Remembrance Day Ceremony

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Australian War Memorial Council Dinner

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Greta, New South Wales

80th Anniversary of the Greta Army Camp; Veterans Film Festival

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Summary: Call; United States Marine Corps Ball

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Legacy Widows Morning Tea; Canberra Hospital Foundation Reception

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Federal Executive Council; Australian Cyber Security Centre visit; Callers; Credential Ceremony

- Melbourne, Victoria; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

2019 Lexus Melbourne Cup; Travel

- Sydney, New South Wales; Melbourne, Victoria

Travel; Meeting; Lunch; University of Melbourne visit

- Sydney, New South Wales

‘Jekyll and Hyde’ performance

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Casino, Ewingar, Sydney, New South Wales

Northern NSW Bushfires briefing; Ewingar visit and community BBQ

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Federal Executive Council; Lunch; Callers; Winnunga Boxing Gym

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Veterans’ Health Week Physical Training Session

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Australian Indonesia Youth Exchange Program Morning Tea; Caller; MARSS Australia Brand Launch; Rotary Club of Hall Dinner

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

School tour

- Tokyo, Japan; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Travel

- Tokyo, Japan

Meeting with the Australian Olympic Kayaking team; 2020 Olympic Stadium visit; ‘Friends of Australia’ reception

- Tokyo, Japan

National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy; Australian Embassy visit; Wreath Laying Ceremony; Sankei-en visit; Japanese Prime Minister’s Banquet

- Tokyo, Japan

Meetings with the Governors-General of Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand; enthronement ceremony for Emperor of Japan; Court banquet to celebrate the enthronement

- Tokyo, Japan

AIST visit; NEC visit; meeting with the Governor of Tokyo; Kagurazaka visit

- Sydney, New South Wales; Tokyo, Japan

Proclamation; 2019 Rugby World Cup Quarter Final Match

- Sydney, New South Wales

Racing NSW and Australian Turf Club luncheon; The Everest

- Sydney, New South Wales

Cam’s Cause morning tea; Caller; 2019 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Sydney, New South Wales

Federal Executive Council; Callers; Presentation of accreditation to St Aloysius’ College Junior School; UNSW anniversary dinner

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; Anti-Poverty Week afternoon tea; Canberra Police Community Youth Club visit

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

30th Australian National Prayer Breakfast; Callers; Ceremony for The Boys’ Brigade Australia (Canberra) Queen’s Award Badge

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

2019 Disher Cup Rowing Regatta; Government House Open Day; Rotary Emergency Services Community Awards

- Wollongong, New South Wales; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

BlueScope Steelworks visit; Mental Health in the Workplace luncheon; ABC interview for Government House Open Day; Reception for the ADF King’s Cup Rowing Team

- Sydney, New South Wales; Wollongong, New South Wales

Macular Disease Foundation morning tea; Wollongong City Council visit; South Coast Private Hospital visit

- Sydney, New South Wales

Caller; Call by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands; Investiture of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands; Australia India Youth Dialogue reception

- Sydney, New South Wales; Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Gold Coast, Queensland

Sunshine Coast bushfires briefing; Sunshine Coast bushfires damage inspection and community gathering; Gold Coast Hinterland bushfires damage inspection and community gathering

- NRL Grand Final

NRL Grand Final

- Sydney, New South Wales

Call

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Sydney, New South Wales

Federal Executive Council; Callers; Google Australia Meeting; Aurora Foundation Reception

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Musical gathering; Chief Scout of Australia Investiture Ceremony; Swearing-in of AFP Commissioner; Australasian Study of Parliament Reception

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; Book Launch

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Mugga Lane Resource Management Facility visit; School Tour

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Mass at St Christopher’s Cathedral

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Melbourne, Victoria

AFL Grand Final

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Radio 1RPH visit; Callers; National Police Remembrance Day Service; 2019 NRL Preliminary Final

- Hobart, Tasmania; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Travel; Callers

- Hobart, Tasmania

2019 Vice-Regal Gathering

- Kingston, Tasmania; Hobart, Tasmania

Australian Antarctic Division Headquarters visit; Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies facility visit; Parliament House Hobart visit

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Glen Innes, New South Wales; Tenterfield, New South Wales; Hobart, Tasmania

NSW Northern Tablelands Fire Control Centre visit; Tenterfield Recovery Hub barbeque; Travel to Hobart, Tasmania

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

85th Anniversary of St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Credential ceremonies; Caller; Credentials lunch; One Young World reception

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Federal Executive Council; Museum of Australian Democracy visit; callers; reception to receive the Address-in-Reply from the Senate; FIBA Asia Cup Warm-Up basketball match; School tour

- Newman, Western Australia

BHP Whaleback Mine visit

- Newman, Western Australia; Jigalong, Western Australia

Citizenship Ceremony; Jigalong Community visit

- Karratha, Western Australia; Roebourne, Western Australia

Karratha High School; Pilbara Regiment visit; Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation visit; Big hART New Roebourne Project visit

- Karratha, Western Australia

Meet the Street Party

- Perth, Western Australia

Perth Mosque visit; Families of the Fallen dinner

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Federal Executive Council; Investiture Ceremony; Investiture Dinner

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Investiture Ceremonies

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Breakfast with the Prime Minister; Indonesia Independence Day reception; School Tour

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; 90th Birthday of the Presbyterian Women’s Association afternoon tea; Reception for the Global Heads of Mission

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Northern Mallee Leaders Program morning tea; Farewell dinner

- Sydney, New South Wales

Wallabies vs Manu Samoa Match

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Federal Executive Council; Caller; Annual Spring Luncheon for the Defence Widows Group; Medal Ceremony for Aspen Medical staff; School Tour

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; R U OK? Day afternoon tea

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Caller; Australian War Memorial Treloar Conservation Centre visit; Farewell dinner

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

National Child Protection Week Morning Tea; National Launch of Legacy Week; Callers

- Tamworth, New South Wales; Moree, New South Wales; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Local Tamworth property visit; opening of the Tamworth Show; Investiture Ceremony

- Goondiwindi, Queensland; Warialda, New South Wales; Tamworth, New South Wales

Woods Group visit; Goondiwindi State High School visit; Warialda Rail visit; Tamworth Regional Brief; Civic Reception

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Albury, New South Wales; Goondiwindi, New South Wales

State Funeral; Civic Reception

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; Council for the Order of Australia Dinner

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

National Wattle Day morning tea; Callers

- Sydney, New South Wales; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Funeral; Australian War Memorial visit and Last Post Ceremony; State Funeral

- Sydney, New South Wales

Call; Australian Women’s Cricket Team morning tea; Rugby Australia lunch

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Sydney, New South Wales

Federal Executive Council; 2019 War Memorial Golf Event and dinner

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; National Gallery of Australia visit

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

National Archives of Australia visit; National Library of Australia visit; School tours

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies visit; Callers

- Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day Service

Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day Service

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

National Science Week Design Challenge; Caller

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Economic briefing; Australia-Afghanistan Diplomatic reception

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Government House art walk-through; Last Post Ceremony; Honouring Women United by Defence Service dinner; School tour

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

ASEAN 52nd Anniversary reception; Caller; Dinner for Dr Martin Parkinson AC PSM

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

CSIRO Black Mountain visit

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

St Paul’s Manuka visit; Canberra Symphony Orchestra’s Schubert Octet

- Brisbane, Queensland

Jimbelunga Nursing Centre visit; Opening of 2019 Royal Queensland Show; Queensland Country Life Miss Showgirl Awards dinner

- Brisbane, Queensland

Parliament of Queensland visit; The Precinct visit; Lunch with former Governor-General; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service visit; Lourdes Hill College’s Outreach High Tea Fundraiser

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Brisbane, Queensland

Federal Executive Council; Visit to Government House, Queensland

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Credentials Ceremonies

- Sydney, New South Wales

Musical Performance

- Darwin, Northern Territory

Scouts Australia Northern Territory Branch Visit; Centre for Youth and Community Music Visit; National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day Picnic

- Darwin, Northern Territory; Gulkula, Northern Territory

Northern Territory Parliament Visit; Northern Territory Briefings; Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures

- Sydney, New South Wales; Darwin, Northern Territory

Back on Track Book Launch; Dinner with the Administrator of the Northern Territory

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; Order of St John Installation; Order of St John Lunch

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers

- Sydney, New South Wales

Rugby League

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Sydney, New South Wales

Federal Executive Council; Call; Australian Public Service Secretaries Reception

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Breakfast with the Prime Minister; Callers

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; Australian Strategic Policy Institute Dialogue; School Tour

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; Lunch with former Governor-General; Visit by the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea; Australian Strategic Policy Institute Reception

- Sydney, New South Wales

The Cumberland Gang Show performance; Sydney University Regiment Annual Dinner

- Sydney, New South Wales

Stay Kind reception; Wallaroos v Japan rugby match

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Call; Diplomatic Corps reception

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; Lunch with former Governor-General

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Caller; School Tour

- Shoalwater Bay, Queensland

Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019 Visit

- Weipa, Queensland

Weipa Cultural Centre visit; Weipa briefing; Civic Reception; Mine Visit

- Aurukun, Queensland

Aurukun briefing and council reception; Aurukun Youth Council visit; Kapani Warrior Cup; Aurukun Health Clinic visit

- Julia Creek, Queensland

Julia Creek flood briefing; Property Visit; Country Women’s Association morning tea; Julia Creek Hospital visit; School Program Visit; Civic Reception; McKinlay Shire Community Dinner

- Cloncurry, Queensland; Julia Creek, Queensland

Cloncurry flood briefing; Community barbeque and Stockman’s Challenge; Property visit; Afternoon tea; Train reception

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; Sydney, New South Wales

Federal Executive Council; NAIDOC Week Ceremony; State of Origin; Army Cadets Tour

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; School Tour

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Call

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Assent to First Bill; Callers; School Tour

- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Callers; School Tour

- Canberra, ACT

Opening of the 46th Commonwealth Parliament

- Canberra, ACT

Swearing-in Ceremony; Lunch

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