In the morning, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC KC, Governor of New South Wales, and Mr Dennis Wilson, as joint Patrons attended the PCYC Nations of Origin Basketball Competition Opening Ceremony, where the Governor officially opened the competition, at PCYC Hawkesbury, South Windsor. For further information, visit: pcycnsw.org.au

In the afternoon, the Governor as Paton, received Richard Dougan, Chairman, Andrew Heaven, Vice Chairman, and Jenetta Russell, Non-Executive Director of the Bush Children’s Education Foundation, at Government House. For further information, visit: bcef.org.au

In the evening, the Governor, as Patron, and Mr Wilson hosted Ideas@theHouse, held in collaboration with the Royal Society of NSW, featuring a presentation by Ms Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner entitled “Wx3 – The World Wide Web (we weaved)”, at Government House. For further information, visit royalsoc.org.au