Australian order of precedence

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The following is the Australian order of precedence.

1. The Queen of Australia (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)
2. The Governor-General of Australia (His Excellency Major-General Michael Jeffery)
3. Governors of states in order of appointment:
   1. Governor of New South Wales (Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir)
   2. Governor of Queensland (Her Excellency Quentin Bryce)
   3. Governor of Western Australia (His Excellency Dr Ken Michael)
   4. Governor of Victoria (Professor David de Kretser)
   5. Governor of South Australia (His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce)
   6. Governor of Tasmania (His Excellency Peter Underwood)
4. The Prime Minister (Kevin Rudd)
5. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in order of appointment:
   1. President of the Senate (Alan Ferguson)
   2. Speaker of the House of Representatives (Harry Jenkins)
6. The Chief Justice of Australia (Murray Gleeson)
7. Ambassadors and High Commissioners
8. Charges d'Affaires
9. Members of the Federal Executive Council:
   1. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Industrial Relations, Education, Employment and Social Inclusion (Julia Gillard)
   2. Treasurer (Wayne Swan)
   3. Minister for Finance and Administration (Lindsay Tanner)
   4. Attorney-General (Robert McClelland)
   5. Minister for Defence (Joel Fitzgibbon)
   6. Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Peter Garrett)
   7. Minister for Climate Change and Water Resources (Penny Wong)
   8. Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (Chris Evans)
   9. Minister for Foreign Affairs (Stephen Smith)
   10. Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary (John Faulkner)
   11. Minister for Health and Ageing (Nicola Roxon)
   12. Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Jenny Macklin)
   13. Minister for Trade (Simon Crean)
   14. Minister for Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy (Stephen Conroy)
   15. Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government (Anthony Albanese)
   16. Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism (Martin Ferguson)
   17. Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Tony Burke)
10. Administrators of Territories in order of appointment:
    1. Administrator of Norfolk Island (Owen Walsh) (acting)
    2. Administrator of Christmas Island (Neil Lucas)
    3. Administrator of the Northern Territory (Tom Pauling)
11. The Leader of the Opposition (Dr Brendan Nelson)
12. Former Governors-General in order of leaving office:
    1. Sir Zelman Cowen (1977 - 1982)
    2. Sir Ninian Stephen (1982 - 1989)
    3. Bill Hayden (1989 - 1996)
    4. Sir William Deane (1996 - 2001)
    5. Dr Peter Hollingworth (2001 - 2003)
13. Former Prime Ministers in order of leaving office:
    1. Gough Whitlam (1972 - 1975)
    2. Malcolm Fraser (1975 - 1983)
    3. Bob Hawke (1983 - 1991)
    4. Paul Keating (1991 - 1996)
    5. John Howard (1996 - 2007)
14. Former Chief Justices of Australia in order of leaving office:
    1. Sir Anthony Mason (1987 - 1995)
    2. Sir Gerard Brennan (1995 - 1998)
15. Premiers of states in order of state populations:
    1. Premier of New South Wales (Morris Iemma)
    2. Premier of Victoria (John Brumby)
    3. Premier of Queensland (Anna Bligh)
    4. Premier of Western Australia (Alan Carpenter)
    5. Premier of South Australia (Mike Rann)
    6. Premier of Tasmania (David Bartlett)
16. The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (Paul Henderson)
17. The Chief Minister of Norfolk Island (Andre Nobbs)
18. Justices of the High Court in order of appointment:
    1. William Gummow
    2. Michael Kirby
    3. Kenneth Hayne
    4. Dyson Heydon
    5. Susan Crennan
    6. Susan Kiefel
19. The Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia (Michael Black)
20. The President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (Geoffrey Giudice)
21. Chief Justices of States in order of appointment:
    1. Chief Justice of South Australia (John Doyle)
    2. Chief Justice of Queensland (Paul de Jersey)
    3. Chief Justice of New South Wales (Jim Spigelman)
    4. Chief Justice of Victoria (Marilyn Warren)
    5. Chief Justice of Western Australia (Wayne Martin)
    6. Chief Justice of Tasmania (Ewan Crawford)
22. Privy Counsellors
23. The Chief of the Defence Force (Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston)
24. Chief Judges of Federal Courts in order of appointment
25. Members of Parliament (see list of Australian Senators and list of members of the Australian House of Representatives)
26. Judges of Federal Courts and Deputy Presidents of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in order of appointment
27. Lord Mayors of Cities in order of city populations:
    1. Lord Mayor of Sydney (Clover Moore)
    2. Lord Mayor of Melbourne (John So)
    3. Lord Mayor of Brisbane (Campbell Newman)
    4. Lord Mayor of Perth (Lisa Scaffidi)
    5. Lord Mayor of Adelaide (Michael Harbison)
    6. Lord Mayor of Hobart (Rob Valentine)
    7. Lord Mayor of Darwin (Graeme Sawyer)
28. Presiding officers of State Legislatures in order of appointment
29. Presiding officer of the Northern Territory Legislature
30. Presiding officer of the Norfolk Island Legislature
31. Members of State Executive Councils in order of appointment
32. Members of the Northern Territory Executive Council in order of appointment
33. Leaders of the Opposition of State Legislatures in order of state populations
    1. New South Wales (Barry O'Farrell)
    2. Victoria (Ted Baillieu)
    3. Queensland (Lawrence Springborg)
    4. Western Australia (Troy Buswell)
    5. South Australia (Martin Hamilton-Smith)
    6. Tasmania (Will Hodgman)
34. Leader of the Opposition of the Northern Territory Legislature
35. Judges of State Supreme Courts in order of appointment
36. Members of State Legislatures in order of state populations
37. Members of the Northern Territory Legislature
38. Members of the Norfolk Island Legislature
39. Chiefs of the Air Force, Army, and Navy in order of appointment
    1. Chief of the Army (Lieutenant General Peter Leahy)
    2. Chief of the Air Force (Air Marshal Geoff Shepherd)
    3. Chief of the Navy (Vice Admiral Russ Shalders)
40. Consuls-General
41. Consuls
42. Vice-Consuls
43. Recipients of Decorations or Honours from the Sovereign

[edit] Notes

• The Location of Officials matters for precedence; an official enjoys different precedence within and without of his or her state.
• 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 the United Kingdom, with a few insertions or promotions of entirely Australian, non-British honours.

[edit] References

• Order of Precedence - Commonwealth – as Gazetted in Special Gazette No. S206 on Tuesday, 5 October 1982