Then, the Governor-General hosted a lunch for: Her Excellency the Right Honourable Baroness Valerie Amos; Ms Glenys Beauchamp; the Honourable Justice Virginia Bell; Ms Elizabeth Brenchley; Ms Lynelle Briggs; Mrs Betty Churcher AO; Major General Elizabeth Cosson CSC; Dr Wendy Craik AM; Dr Joanne Daly PSM; Ms Faiza El-Higzi; Mrs Valerie French; Ms Janice Fullerton AO; Ms Jane Halton PSM; Ms Virginia Haussegger; Ms Renee Leon; Adjunct Professor Margo Neale; Professor Deborah Rickwood; Professor Margaret Sheil; Professor Margaret Thornton; Dr Helen Watchirs OAM; Ms Leisel Wett; and Her Excellen

On Tuesday 23 March 2010, in Melbourne, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended a ceremony, at which the Governor-General opened the Carson Conference Centre for the Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch).

On Tuesday 23 March 2010, in Melbourne, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended a ceremony, at which the Governor-General opened the Carson Conference Centre for the Australian Nursing Federation (Victorian Branch).

On Monday 22 March 2010, at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the Public Education Foundation's 2010 Stellar Scholarships for Girls ceremony, at which the Governor-General presented awards to the scholars.

On Sunday 21 March 2010, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC hosted to lunch the National Director for Protocol, Legal and Consular Affairs from the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Jos?” Ant?nio Amorim Dias.

On Sunday 21 March 2010, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC hosted to lunch the National Director for Protocol, Legal and Consular Affairs from the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Jos?” Ant?nio Amorim Dias.

On Friday 19 March 2010, at Murdoch University, Perth, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the ???Racism Revisited: Anti-racism Leadership and Practice Conference', at which the Governor-General officially launched the African Women's Council.

On Friday 19 March 2010, at Murdoch University, Perth, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE attended the ???Racism Revisited: Anti-racism Leadership and Practice Conference', at which the Governor-General officially launched the African Women's Council.

In the afternoon, at the Centre for the Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors, Perth, the Governor-General, in recognition of Harmony Week, attended a lunch hosted by the Western Australian Office of Multicultural Interests. Afterwards, at The Richardson Hotel, the Governor-General received the Chief Executive Officer of Brightwater Care Group, Dr Penny Flett.

On Wednesday 17 March 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC received the recipient of the Denmark RSL Youth Achievement Award, Mr Terence Smith, who was accompanied by Ms Rowena Smith and Mr Don Smith.

On Tuesday 16 March 2010, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC met with participants of the Leadership Ballarat and Western Region program.

Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mr Michael Bryce AM AE received the Warrant Officer of the Royal Australian Navy, Warrant Officer Mark Tandy; the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Australian Army, Warrant Officer Class 1 Stephen Ward OAM; and the Warrant Officer of the Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer John Millar. Later, the Governor-General received Mrs Patricia Thompson and Ms Kate Thompson.

On Monday 15 March 2010, at Hotel Realm, Canberra, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC delivered the keynote address at the 2010 AusAID Leadership and Development Conference.

On Friday 12 March 2010, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC, as Chancellor of The Order of Australia, invested Professor Elizabeth Blackburn AC with the Companion of the Order of Australia.

On Friday 12 March 2010, at Admiralty House, Sydney, the Governor-General Ms Quentin Bryce AC, as Chancellor of The Order of Australia, invested Professor Elizabeth Blackburn AC with the Companion of the Order of Australia.