On Tuesday 5 March 2013, at Monash University, Clayton, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, attended the State Memorial Service for the late Honourable Joan Child AO, at which the Governor-General delivered a reading.
On Monday 4 March 2013, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, received the Managing Director of the Australian School of Performing Arts, Ms Nicole Muir.
On Saturday 2 March 2013, at Brisbane International Airport, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, was represented at the arrival in Australia of the President of the Republic of Kiribati, His Excellency Anote Tong MP, by Brigadier Greg Bilton CSC ADC, Honorary Aide-de-Camp.
The Governor-General launched the short films, 'Twenty Years: Twenty Stories', during an event to mark two decades since the commencement of the Disability Discrimination Act at Admiralty House, Sydney.
Before the event, the Governor-General, as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, invested Mr David Mason PSM of the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) with a Public Service Medal.
Ms Bryce later joined the Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Mr Graeme Innes AM, for the launch of the short films and met supporters of the AHRC.
On Friday 1 March 2013, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.
Afterwards, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE hosted a reception to mark the 20th Anniversary of the commencement of Australia’s Disability Discrimination Act, at which the Governor-General launched the video series ‘20 Years, 20 Stories’ and, as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, invested Mr David Mason PSM with the insignia of his Public Service Medal.
On Wednesday 27 February 2013, at Government House, Sydney, the Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, received the Auditor-General of New South Wales, Mr Peter Achterstraat.
Afterwards, the Administrator met with representatives of the SBS National Indigenous Television Channel to discuss Redfern Jarjum College.
Later, the Administrator, as guest of the Mayor of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, Councillor Peter Besseling, viewed flood affected areas of Port Macquarie, Wauchope and the surrounding district.
The Governor-General formally met the new President of the Republic of Korea, Her Excellency Park Geun-hye, at the Blue House in Seoul.
During the meeting, Ms Bryce and President Park discussed Australia and the Republic of Korea's cultural, economic and trade relationship.
The Governor-General held a roundtable meeting with some of the Republic of Korea's leading women during a visit to the EWHA Women's University in Seoul.
The President of the University, Professor Kim Sun-Uk, welcomed Ms Bryce before she attended the meeting with women representatives from business, politics and academia.
The Governor-General hosted leading South Korean and Australian executives for a business lunch in Seoul.
Ms Bryce stressed the importance of the bilateral relationship with the Republic of Korea, which is Australia's third-largest export market and fourth-largest trading partner.
As Commander-in-Chief, the Governor-General commemorated the 60th anniversary of Australia's involvement in the Korean War 'with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Korean War Memorial, Seoul.
The General Director of the Memorial, Lieutenant General Sun (ret'd), greeted the Governor-General and escorted her to the Cornucopia where she and Mr Michael Bryce laid wreaths. Ms Bryce was later escorted to the Australian Rolls of Honour and laid a poppy below the names of the 340 Australians killed in action during the war.
