In the morning, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, Governor of New South Wales, and Mr Dennis Wilson, as joint Patrons, launched the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute as a World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for the Elimination of Asbestos Related Disease, at the Asbestos Diseases Research Institute, Concord Repatriation General Hospital. For further information visit: adri.org.au

In the afternoon, the Governor and Mr Wilson hosted a luncheon for New South Wales members of the Order of Australia Council, at Government House.

In the evening, Her Excellency and Mr Wilson attended a dinner marking the 61st Birthday of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, at the residence of the Consul-General of Japan in Sydney, at Bellevue Hill.