Governor-General David Hurley made the official proclamation yesterday. Unlike appointments in the recent past, there was no keeping this one secret with hundreds of people coming to Parliament House in Canberra to watch the formal ceremony as state proclamation ceremonies also took place across the country. Hurley and PM Anthony Albanese will spend a bit of time together in the coming week as they travel to London to meet King Charles and attend Queen Elizabeth’s funeral. Meanwhile, Federal Parliament has been cancelled this week and on Thursday, 22 September, we’re getting a public holiday as a National Day of Mourning for the Queen. That’s good timing for Victorians who get a 4-day long weekend… Plenty of Aussies have had a lot to say about the Queen: our picks are tributes from former PM Paul Keating and this one from Sam Cohen, who worked for her from 2007-2018.