- Table of Precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia
The following is the
Australia n Table of Precedence.
#TheGovernor-General of Australia (Quentin Bryce )
#Governors of states in order of appointment:
##Governor of New South Wales (ProfessorMarie Bashir )
##Governor of Western Australia (DrKen Michael )
##Governor of Victoria (ProfessorDavid de Kretser )
##Governor of South Australia (Rear AdmiralKevin Scarce )
##Governor of Tasmania (Peter Underwood )
##Governor of Queensland (Penelope Wensley )
#The Prime Minister (Kevin Rudd )
#The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in order of appointment:
##President of the Senate (John Hogg )
##Speaker of the House of Representatives (Harry Jenkins )
#TheChief Justice of Australia (Robert French )
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##Ambassadors and High Commissioners in order of date of presentation of the Letters of Credence or Commission
##Charges d'Affaires en pied oren titre in order of date of presentation of the Letters of Credence or Commission
##Charges d'Affaires and Acting High Commissioners in order of date of assumption of duties
#Members of theFederal Executive Council :
##Vice-President of the Executive Council (John Faulkner )
##Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Industrial Relations, Education, Employment and Social Inclusion (Julia Gillard )
##Treasurer (Wayne Swan )
##Minister for Finance and Administration (Lindsay Tanner )
##Attorney-General (Robert McClelland)
##Minister for Defence (Joel Fitzgibbon )
##Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Peter Garrett )
##Minister for Climate Change and Water Resources (Penny Wong )
##Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (Chris Evans)
##Minister for Foreign Affairs (Stephen Smith)
##Minister for Health and Ageing (Nicola Roxon )
##Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Jenny Macklin )
##Minister for Trade (Simon Crean )
##Minister for Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy (Stephen Conroy )
##Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Anthony Albanese )
##Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism (Martin Ferguson )
##Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Tony Burke )
#Administrators of Territories in order of appointment:
##Administrator of Norfolk Island (Owen Walsh) (acting)
##Administrator of Christmas Island (Neil Lucas )
##Administrator of the Northern Territory (Tom Pauling )
#The Leader of the Opposition (Malcolm Turnbull )
#Former Governors-General in order of leaving office:
##Sir Zelman Cowen (1977 - 1982)
##Sir Ninian Stephen (1982 - 1989)
##Bill Hayden (1989 - 1996)
##Sir William Deane (1996 - 2001)
##DrPeter Hollingworth (2001 - 2003)
##Major GeneralMichael Jeffrey (2003 - 2008)
#Former Prime Ministers in order of leaving office:
##Gough Whitlam (1972 - 1975)
##Malcolm Fraser (1975 - 1983)
##Bob Hawke (1983 - 1991)
##Paul Keating (1991 - 1996)
##John Howard (1996 - 2007)
#Former Chief Justices of Australia in order of leaving office:
##Sir Anthony Mason (1987 - 1995)
##Sir Gerard Brennan (1995 - 1998)
##Murray Gleeson (1998 - 2008)
#Premiers of states in order of state populations:
##Premier of New South Wales (Nathan Rees )
##Premier of Victoria (John Brumby )
##Premier of Queensland (Anna Bligh )
##Premier of Western Australia (Colin Barnett )
##Premier of South Australia (Mike Rann )
##Premier of Tasmania (David Bartlett )
#The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (Paul Henderson )
#The Chief Minister of Norfolk Island (Andre Nobbs )
#The Lord Mayor "within his City" (only applicable in a city with a Lord Mayor)
#Justices of the High Court in order of appointment:
##William Gummow
##Michael Kirby
##Kenneth Hayne
##Dyson Heydon
##Susan Crennan
##Susan Kiefel
#The Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia (Michael Black)
#The President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (Geoffrey Giudice )
#Chief Justices of States in order of appointment:
##Chief Justice of South Australia (John Doyle )
##Chief Justice of Queensland (Paul de Jersey )
##Chief Justice of New South Wales (Jim Spigelman )
##Chief Justice of Victoria (Marilyn Warren )
##Chief Justice of Western Australia (Wayne Martin )
##Chief Justice of Tasmania (Ewan Crawford )
#Privy Counsel lors
#The Chief of the Defence Force (Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston)
#Chief Judges of Federal Courts in order of appointment
#Members of Parliament (seelist of Australian Senators andlist of members of the Australian House of Representatives )
#Judges of Federal Courts and Deputy Presidents of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in order of appointment
#Lord Mayors of capital cities in order of city populations:
##Lord Mayor of Sydney (Clover Moore )
##Lord Mayor of Melbourne (John So )
##Lord Mayor of Brisbane (Campbell Newman )
##Lord Mayor of Perth (Lisa Scaffidi)
##Lord Mayor of Adelaide (Michael Harbison )
##Lord Mayor of Hobart (Rob Valentine )
##Lord Mayor of Darwin (Graeme Sawyer )
#Heads of religious communities according to the date of assuming office in Australia
#Presiding officers of State Legislatures in order of appointment
#Presiding officer of the Northern Territory Legislature
#Presiding officer of the Norfolk Island Legislature
#Members of State Executive Councils in order of appointment
#Members of the Northern Territory Executive Council in order of appointment
#Leaders of the Opposition of State Legislatures in order of state populations
##New South Wales (Barry O'Farrell )
##Victoria (Ted Baillieu )
##Queensland (Lawrence Springborg )
##Western Australia (Eric Ripper )
##South Australia (Martin Hamilton-Smith )
##Tasmania (Will Hodgman )
#Leader of the Opposition of the Northern Territory Legislature
#Judges of State Supreme Courts in order of appointment
#Members of State Legislatures in order of state populations
#Members of the Northern Territory Legislature
#Members of the Norfolk Island Legislature
#Chiefs of the Air Force, Army, and Navy in order of appointment
##Chief of the Army (Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie )
##Chief of the Navy (Vice Admiral Russell Crane )
##Chief of the Air Force (Air Marshal Mark Binskin )
#Consuls-General, Consuls and Vice-Consuls according to the date on which recognition was granted
#Members of the House of Assembly of theAustralian Capital Territory
#Recipients of Decorations or Honours from the SovereignNotes
* The Location of Officials matters for precedence; an official enjoys different precedence within and without of his or her state.
* Each State and Territory also has its own Table of Precedence.
* The recipients of Decorations or Honours gain precedence in the order of Seniority or Superiority of the Orders themselves; the Orders of Knighthood in Australia have the same seniority as in theUnited Kingdom , with a few insertions or promotions of entirely Australian, non-British honours; seeAustralian Honours Order of Precedence .References
* [http://picpaste.com/pics/precedence.1221713538.jpgTable of Precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia] – as Gazetted in Special Gazette No. S206 on Tuesday, 5 October 1982
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