11 September 2025

On Thursday, in the morning, at Government House, Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM hosted an Investiture Ceremony for the following recipients Australian Honours and Awards announced in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List and the 2025 Australia Day Honours List: Lieutenant Colonel Susana Fernandez CSC; Mr Peter Apostolos Delibaltas PSM; Associate Professor Carol Mary Douglas PSM; Mr Nigel Alexander Miller PSM; Mr Peter Allen See PSM; Ms Anita Lee Summers PSM; Chief Inspector Peter Daniel Doyle APM; Detective Inspector Christopher Paul Knight APM; Detective Inspector David Jeffrey Nixon APM; Senior Sergeant Ewan Gordon Findlater APM; Senior Sergeant Kirsty Maree Gleeson APM; Senior Sergeant Constance Jean Steel APM; Sergeant David John Reid APM; Sergeant Sarah-Jane Tulacz APM; Ms Shannon Lesley Atkins ACM; Mr Stuart Russell McHaffie ACM; and Mr Patrick David Ralph ACM.

Following, at 1 William Street, Her Excellency presided over a meeting of the Executive Council.

In the afternoon, at Government House, Her Excellency hosted an Investiture Ceremony for the following recipients of Australian Honours and Awards announced in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours List and the 2025 Australia Day Honours List: Mr John Rodgers AM; Ms Tia-Clair Toomey AM; Mr Donald William Davey OAM; Mr David Draper OAM; Mr John Joseph Eales OAM; The late Mr Neville Stanley Galbraith OAM (received by Mrs Laurel Raines); Mr Gary Lex Gibson OAM; Mr Harold Urial Matthew OAM; Mr Cameron James McEvoy OAM; Mr Wayne John McLennan OAM; Major David Bernard Melandri OAM (Retd); Mr Bruce Victor Pearce OAM; Ms Jamie Perkins OAM; The late Mr Ian William Rieck OAM (received by Mrs Diane Rieck); Mr William Joseph Ross OAM; The late Mrs Jocelyn Anne Templeton OAM (received by Mr James Templeton); Ms Jennifer Marian Waldron OAM; Dr Karin Walduck OAM; and Mr Brett Wing OAM.

In the evening, at the Twelfth Night Theatre, Bowen Hills, Her Excellency and Professor Graeme Nimmo RFD attended the Brisbane Festival performance of ‘GATSBY at the Green Light’.