Peter Lyons (Queensland judge)

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Peter Lyons (26 November 1946) is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland in the Trial Division. He graduated from the University of Queensland Faculty of Law in 1976, and is a former president of the Bar Association of Queensland. [1]

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  2. The Governor-General of Australia: David Hurley
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    5. Governor of Western Australia: Chris Dawson
    6. Governor of Victoria: Margaret Gardner
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    2. Speaker of the House of Representatives: Milton Dick
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    2. Administrator of the Northern Territory: Hugh Heggie
    3. Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories: Farzian Zainal
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      4. Peter Cosgrove (2014–2019)
    2. Former Prime Ministers in order of leaving office:
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      2. John Howard (1996–2007)
      3. Kevin Rudd
      4. Julia Gillard (2010–2013)
      5. Tony Abbott (2013–2015)
      6. Malcolm Turnbull (2015–2018)
      7. Scott Morrison (2018–2022)
    3. Former Chief Justices in order of leaving office:
      1. Anthony Mason (1987–1995)
      2. Murray Gleeson (1998–2008)
      3. Robert French (2008–2017)
      4. Susan Kiefel (2017–2023)
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    2. Premier of Victoria: Jacinta Allan
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    4. Premier of Western Australia: Roger Cook
    5. Premier of South Australia: Peter Malinauskas
    6. Premier of Tasmania: Jeremy Rockliff
    7. Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory: Andrew Barr
    8. Chief Minister of the Northern Territory: Natasha Fyles
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    2. James Edelman
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    4. Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson
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    6. Robert Beech-Jones
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    2. President of the Fair Work Commission: Adam Hatcher
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    2. Chief Justice of Tasmania
    3. Chief Justice of Victoria
    4. Chief Justice of Western Australia
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    2. Leader of the Opposition of Victoria: John Pesutto
    3. Leader of the Opposition of Queensland: David Crisafulli
    4. Leader of the Opposition of Western Australia: Shane Love
    5. Leader of the Opposition of South Australia: Peter Malinauskas
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    8. Leader of the Opposition of the Northern Territory: Lia Finocchiaro
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    2. Chief of Air Force: Air Marshal Robert Chipman
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  16. Recipients of Decorations or Honours from the Sovereign
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References

  1. ↑ "The Honourable Justice Peter J. Lyons". Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.


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