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The following is the Australian Table of Precedence.
- The Governor-General of Australia (Her Excellency Quentin Bryce)
- Governors of states in order of appointment:
- Governor of New South Wales (Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir)
- Governor of Western Australia (His Excellency Dr Ken Michael)
- Governor of Victoria (Professor David de Kretser)
- Governor of South Australia (His Excellency Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce)
- Governor of Tasmania (His Excellency Peter Underwood)
- Governor of Queensland (Her Excellency Penelope Wensley)
- The Prime Minister (Kevin Rudd)
- The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in order of appointment:
- The Chief 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 or en 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 the Federal 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:
- 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)
- Dr Peter Hollingworth (2001 - 2003)
- Major General Michael 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- Privy Counsellors
- The Chief of the Defence Force (Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston)
- Chief Judges of Federal Courts in order of appointment
- Members of Parliament (see list of Australian Senators and list 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:
- 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
- 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 the Australian Capital Territory
- Recipients of Decorations or Honours from the Sovereign
Notes
- 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 the United Kingdom, with a few insertions or promotions of entirely Australian, non-British honours; see Australian Honours Order of Precedence.
References
- Table of Precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia– as Gazetted in Special Gazette No. S206 on Tuesday, 5 October 1982
