4 December

On Sunday, in the evening, at Government House, His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC and Mrs Kaye de Jersey hosted a dinner in honour of the visit to Queensland by the Commonwealth Games Federation Coordination Commission. Guests included: the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland; the Honourable Stirling Hinchliffe MP, Minister for Transport and Minister for the Commonwealth Games; the Honourable Peter Beattie AC, Chairman, Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation; Ms Louise Martin CBE, President, Commonwealth Games Federation; Mr David Grevemberg CBE, Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Games Federation; Mr Mark Peters, Chief Executive Officer, Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation; Mr Damien Walker, Acting Director-General, Department of Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games; Air Commodore Mark Gower OAM; and Ms Cecily Pearson.