At Parliament House, Canberra, the Governor-General and Lady Cosgrove attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General administered the oath or affirmation of allegiance to Senators elected to serve in the Senate from 1 July 2014.
On Monday 7 July 2014, at Parliament House, Canberra, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) and Lady Cosgrove attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General administered the oath or affirmation of allegiance to Senators elected to serve in the Senate from 1 July 2014.
On Friday 4 July 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), received the Chairperson of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Professor Mick Dodson AM; the Principal, Mr Russell Taylor; and the Deputy Principal, Ms Michelle Patterson.
On Wednesday 2 July 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd) and Lady Cosgrove, attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General was invested as a Knight of Justice in the Most Venerable Order of St John.
On Tuesday 1 July 2014, in Page, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), as guest of the President of the Vietnam Veterans and Veterans Federation – ACT, Major James Wain (Retd), re-dedicated the Stephen King Memorial Centre and attended a morning tea with Veterans.
On Monday 30 June 2014, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Canberra, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), attended a morning tea with the Senior Leadership Group of the Indonesia-Australia Defence Alumni Association.
At Milsons Point, New South Wales, the Governor-General, as guest of the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Soldier On, Mr John Bale, officially opened the 'Soldier On' Michael Fussell Reintegration and Recovery Centre, which provides support to people affected by their military service and is named in honour of Lieutenant Michael Fussell, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in November 2008.
On Thursday 26 June 2014, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.
Afterwards, in Milsons Point, New South Wales, the Governor-General, as guest of the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Soldier On, Mr John Bale, officially opened the Michael Fussell Reintegration and Recovery Centre.
At the RG Casey Building, Canberra, the Governor-General, as Patron and guest of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Julie Bishop MP, attended a New Colombo Plan scholarship presentation dinner, where he awarded 40 inaugural scholarships and announced the New Colombo Plan Fellows for 2014.
At Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General hosted a lunch reception for Heads of Mission of the Canberra Diplomatic Corps.
