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The following is the Australian Table of Precedence.

1. The Governor-General of Australia (Quentin Bryce)
2. Governors of states in order of appointment:
   1. Governor of New South Wales (Professor Marie Bashir)
   2. Governor of Western Australia (Dr Ken Michael)
   3. Governor of Victoria (Professor David de Kretser)
   4. Governor of South Australia (Rear Admiral Kevin Scarce)
   5. Governor of Tasmania (Peter Underwood)
   6. Governor of Queensland (Penelope Wensley)
3. The Prime Minister (Kevin Rudd)
4. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in order of appointment:
   1. Speaker of the House of Representatives (Harry Jenkins)
   2. President of the Senate (John Hogg)
5. The Chief Justice of Australia (Robert French)
6. 1. Ambassadors and High Commissioners in order of date of presentation of the Letters of Credence or Commission
   2. Charges d'Affaires en pied or en titre in order of date of presentation of the Letters of Credence or Commission
   3. Charges d'Affaires and Acting High Commissioners in order of date of assumption of duties
7. Members of the Federal Executive Council:
   1. Vice-President of the Executive Council (John Faulkner)
   2. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Workplace Relations, Education, Employment and Social Inclusion (Julia Gillard)
   3. Treasurer (Wayne Swan)
   4. Minister for Finance and Administration (Lindsay Tanner)
   5. Attorney-General (Robert McClelland)
   6. Minister for Defence (John Faulkner)
   7. Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Peter Garrett)
   8. Minister for Climate Change and Water (Penny Wong)
   9. Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (Chris Evans)
   10. Minister for Foreign Affairs (Stephen Smith)
   11. Minister for Health and Ageing (Nicola Roxon)
   12. Minister for Families, Housing, 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)
   18. Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister of State (Joe Ludwig)
   19. Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (Kim Carr)
   20. Minister for Human Services, Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law (Chris Bowen)
8. Administrators of Territories in order of appointment:
   1. Administrator of Norfolk Island (Owen Walsh)
   2. Administrator of Christmas Island (Brian Lacy)
   3. Administrator of the Northern Territory (Tom Pauling)
9. The Leader of the Opposition (Tony Abbott)
10. 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)
    6. Major General Michael Jeffery (2003 - 2008)
11. 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)
12. Former Chief Justices of Australia in order of leaving office:
    1. Sir Anthony Mason (1987 - 1995)
    2. Sir Gerard Brennan (1995 - 1998)
    3. Murray Gleeson (1998 - 2008)
13. Premiers of states in order of state populations:
    1. Premier of New South Wales (Nathan Rees)
    2. Premier of Victoria (John Brumby)
    3. Premier of Queensland (Anna Bligh)
    4. Premier of Western Australia (Colin Barnett)
    5. Premier of South Australia (Mike Rann)
    6. Premier of Tasmania (David Bartlett)
14. The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory (Paul Henderson)
15. The Chief Minister of Norfolk Island (Andre Nobbs)
16. The Lord Mayor "within his City" (only applicable in a city with a Lord Mayor)
17. Justices of the High Court in order of appointment:
    1. William Gummow
    2. Kenneth Hayne
    3. Dyson Heydon
    4. Susan Crennan
    5. Susan Kiefel
    6. Virginia Bell
18. The Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia (Michael Black)
19. The President of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (Geoffrey Giudice)
20. 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)
21. Privy Counsellors
22. The Chief of the Defence Force (Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston)
23. Chief Judges of Federal Courts in order of appointment
24. Members of Parliament (see list of Australian Senators and list of members of the Australian House of Representatives)
25. Judges of Federal Courts and Deputy Presidents of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in order of appointment
26. Lord Mayors of capital cities in order of city populations:
    1. Lord Mayor of Sydney (Clover Moore)
    2. Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Robert Doyle)
    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)
27. Heads of religious communities according to the date of assuming office in Australia
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 (John-Paul Langbroek)
    4. Western Australia (Eric Ripper)
    5. South Australia (Isobel Redmond)
    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 and Vice-Chief of the Defence Force in order of appointment
    1. Vice-Chief of the Defence Force (Lieutenant General David Hurley)
    2. Chief of the Army (Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie)
    3. Chief of the Navy (Vice Admiral Russell Crane)
    4. Chief of the Air Force (Air Marshal Mark Binskin)
40. Consuls-General, Consuls and Vice-Consuls according to the date on which recognition was granted
41. Members of the House of Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory
42. 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 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.

[edit] References

• Table of Precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia– as Gazetted in Special Gazette No. S206 on Tuesday, 5 October 1982