Michael Bryce Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He was appointed an Adjunct Professor of Design at the Queensland College of Art (Griffith University), the School of Design and Architecture at the University of Canberra and the College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales. He retired from Minale Bryce in September 2008, following his wife's appointment as Governor-General of Australia. The day after her swearing-in, he announced he would be selling his design practice in order to avoid "any breath of conflict of interests". In 2010 Bryce became Patron of the Australian Institute of Architects. At university
Quentin Bryce of course act as an advocate, although she may inform the foreign government of the Australian government's policy." He said that a governor-general must be seen to be above politics. Similarly to her time as governor in Queensland, Government House in Canberra witnessed significant staff turnover, with claims that she was very difficult to work for. In November 2013 Bryce delivered the annual ABC Boyer Lecture. Bryce stated she would like to see an Australia where: "people are free to love and marry whom they choose [...] And where perhaps, my friends, one day, one young girl or boy may