Table of precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia

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The following is the order of precedence for Australia:

  1. King of Australia: King Charles III [1]
  2. Governor-General of Australia: Sam Mostyn
  3. Governor of the State when within their own State.
  4. Governors of the other (or all) States in order of appointment:
    1. Governor of New South Wales: Margaret Beazley (2 May 2019)
    2. Governor of Tasmania: Barbara Baker (16 June 2021)
    3. Governor of South Australia: Frances Adamson (7 October 2021)
    4. Governor of Queensland: Jeannette Young (1 November 2021)
    5. Governor of Western Australia: Chris Dawson (15 July 2022)
    6. Governor of Victoria: Margaret Gardner (9 August 2023)
  5. When within the Northern Territory, the Administrator of the Northern Territory: Hugh Heggie (2 February 2023)
  6. Prime Minister: Anthony Albanese
  7. When within their own State or Territory, the Premier of the State or the Chief Minister of the Territory
  8. The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in order of election (if they are elected at the same time, the President of the Senate takes precedence):
    1. President of the Senate Senator: Sue Lines (26 July 2022)
    2. Speaker of the House of Representatives: Milton Dick (26 July 2022)
  9. Chief Justice of Australia: Stephen Gageler
  10. Senior diplomatic posts:
    1. Ambassadors and High Commissioners in order of date of presentation of the Letters of Credence or Commission
    2. Chargés d'affaires en pied or en titre in order of date of presentation of the Letters of Credence or Commission
    3. Chargés d'affaires ad interim and Acting High Commissioners in order of date of assumption of duties
  11. Members of the Federal Executive Council under summons (in practice, this is all current Ministers and Assistant Ministers of the Commonwealth of Australia):
    1. Ministry List
  12. The Administrator of the Northern Territory: Hugh Heggie
  13. The Leader of the Opposition: Peter Dutton
  14. Former holders of high offices:
    1. Former Governors-General in order of leaving office:
      1. William Deane (1996–2001)
      2. Peter Hollingworth (2001–2003)
      3. Quentin Bryce (2008–2014)
      4. Peter Cosgrove (2014–2019)
      5. David Hurley (2019-2024)
    2. Former Prime Ministers in order of leaving office:
      1. Paul Keating (1991–1996)
      2. John Howard (1996–2007)
      3. Kevin Rudd (2007–2010, 2013)
      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)
  15. Premiers of states in order of state populations, then Chief Ministers of the territories in order of territory populations:
    1. Premier of New South Wales: Chris Minns
    2. Premier of Victoria: Jacinta Allan
    3. Premier of Queensland: David Crisafulli
    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
  16. The Lord Mayor when within their jurisdiction
  17. Justices of the High Court in order of appointment:
    1. Michelle Gordon (9 June 2015)
    2. James Edelman (30 January 2017)
    3. Simon Steward (1 December 2020)
    4. Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson (1 March 2021)
    5. Jayne Jagot (17 October 2022)
    6. Robert Beech-Jones (6 November 2023)
  18. Senior judges:
    1. Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia: Debra Mortimer
    2. Chief Justice of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia (Division 1; the former Family Court of Australia): Will Alstergren
    3. Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2; the former Federal Circuit Court of Australia): Jointly held with the above by Will Alstergren
  19. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the (Australian) jurisdiction
  20. The other Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts of the States and Territories in order of appointment (where the Lieutenant-Governor of the states is not also Chief Justice, they take precedence immediately after that State's Chief Justice) :
    1. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia: Chris Kourakis (25 June 2012)
    2. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania: Alan Blow (8 April 2013)
    3. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory: Michael Grant (5 July 2016)
    4. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria: Anne Ferguson (2 October 2017)
    5. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia: Peter Quinlan (13 August 2018)
    6. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales: Andrew Bell (7 March 2022)
    7. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory: Lucy McCallum (8 March 2022)
    8. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland: Helen Bowskill (19 March 2022)
  21. Australian members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in order of appointment:
    1. Ian Sinclair (17 January 1977)
    2. Sir William Heseltine (26 March 1986)
  22. The Chief of the Defence Force (General Angus Campbell)
  23. Chief Judges of State and Territory Courts in order of their appointment to any of their respective jurisdictions' courts
  24. Members of Parliament (see Members of the Australian Senate, 2022–2025 and Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2022–2025)
  25. Presidents of Federal Tribunals:
    1. President of the Fair Work Commission: Adam Hatcher SC
    2. President of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal: Emilios Kyrou
  26. Other Judges of Federal, State and Territory Courts in order of their appointment to any of their respective jurisdictions' courts
  27. Lord Mayors of capital cities in order of city populations:
    1. Lord Mayor of Sydney: Councillor Clover Moore
    2. Lord Mayor of Melbourne: Councillor Sally Capp
    3. Lord Mayor of Brisbane: Councillor Adrian Schrinner
    4. Lord Mayor of Perth: Basil Zempilas
    5. Lord Mayor of Adelaide: Dr Jane Lomax-Smith
    6. Lord Mayor of Hobart: Councillor Anna Reynolds
    7. Lord Mayor of Darwin: Lord Mayor of Darwin, Kon Vatskalis
  28. Heads of religious communities according to the date of assuming office in Australia
  29. The Presiding Officer(s) of the State Legislature when in their own jurisdiction.
  30. Presiding officers of the other (or all) State Legislatures in order of appointment, then Presiding Officer of Territory Legislatures in order of appointment:
    1. Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly: Colin Brooks (7 March 2017)
    2. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland: Curtis Pitt (13 February 2018)
    3. President of the Victorian Legislative Council: Nazih Elasmar (18 June 2020)
    4. Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly: Jonathan O'Dea (7 May 2019)
    5. President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council: Craig Farrell (21 May 2019)
    6. President of the South Australian Legislative Council: John Dawkins) (8 September 2020)
    7. Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly: Michelle Roberts) (29 April 2021)
    8. President of the New South Wales Legislative Council: Matthew Mason-Cox (4 May 2021)
    9. President of the Western Australian Legislative Council: Alanna Clohesy (25 May 2021)
    10. Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly: Mark Shelton (22 June 2021)
    11. Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly: Dan Cregan (12 October 2021)
    12. Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly: Joy Burch (31 October 2016)
    13. Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly: Ngaree Ah Kit (20 October 2020)
  31. The members of the particular State Executive Council under summons (in practice, the ministers and assistant ministers of the government of the State), then the Members of the other State Executive Councils in order of state populations, and then the Ministers of the Australian Capital Territory and then Members of the Northern Territory Executive Council:
    1. Executive Council of New South Wales
    2. Executive Council of Victoria
    3. Executive Council of Queensland
    4. Executive Council of Western Australia
    5. Executive Council of South Australia
    6. Executive Council of Tasmania
    7. Ministers of the Australian Capital Territory
    8. Executive Council of the Northern Territory
  32. The Leader of the Opposition of the particular State, and then Leaders of the Opposition of State Legislatures in order of state populations, then Leaders of the Opposition in Territory Legislatures in order of territory populations:
    1. Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales: Mark Speakman
    2. Leader of the Opposition of Victoria: John Pesutto
    3. Leader of the Opposition of Queensland: Steven Miles
    4. Leader of the Opposition of Western Australia: Shane Love
    5. Leader of the Opposition of South Australia: Peter Malinauskas
    6. Leader of the Opposition of Tasmania: Rebecca White
    7. Leader of the Opposition of the Australian Capital Territory: Elizabeth Lee
    8. Leader of the Opposition of the Northern Territory: Lia Finocchiaro
  33. Members of the Federal Executive Council not under summons (in practice, all past ministers and assistant ministers)
  34. Members of the particular State or Territory legislature, and then Members of State and Territory Legislatures in order of population:
    1. New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
    2. Victorian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
    3. Queensland Legislative Assembly
    4. Western Australian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
    5. South Australian House of Assembly and Legislative Council
    6. Tasmanian House of Assembly and Legislative Council
    7. Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
    8. Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
  35. The Secretaries of Departments of the Australian Public Service and their peers and the Chiefs of the Air Force, Army, and Navy in order of first appointment to this group:
    1. Chief of Air Force: Air Marshal Robert Chipman (1 July 2022)
    2. Chief of Army: Lieutenant General Simon Stuart (2 July 2022)
    3. Chief of Navy: Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (6 July 2022)
  36. Consuls-General, Consuls and Vice-Consuls according to the date on which recognition was granted
  37. Recipients of Decorations or Honours from the Sovereign, specifically Decorations or Honours which are at or above the Knight Bachelor or above, and precedence being established according to the Australian honours order of wearing, and, where two people hold the same decoration or honour, according to the date on which the award was announced
  38. Citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia[ citation needed ]

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The Alberta order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Alberta. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.

  1. The King of Canada: His Majesty King Charles III
  2. Lieutenant Governor of Alberta: Her Honour the Honourable Salma Lakhani
  3. Premier of Alberta: The Honourable Danielle Smith
  4. The Chief Justice of The Court of Appeal of Alberta: The Honourable Justice Ritu Khullar
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    2. The Honourable Patti LaBoucane-Benson
    3. The Honourable Paula Simons
    4. The Honourable Karen Sorensen
    5. The Honourable Daryl Fridhandler
    6. The Honourable Kristopher Wells
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    3. Justices of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta
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    2. Chancellor of the University of Calgary: Jim Dinning
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    6. Chairman of the Board, University of Lethbridge
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  1. The King of Canada
  2. The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, or, in his official absence, the Administrator
  3. The Premier of Prince Edward Island
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  5. The Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island
  6. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
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  11. Justices of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, with relative precedence governed by date of appointment
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  13. Judges of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island, with relative precedence governed by date of appointment
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  20. The President of the University of Prince Edward Island
  21. Deputy heads of departments, agencies, commissions and offices of the Provincial Government, with relative precedence governed by date of initial appointment as a Deputy Head

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  1. The President of the Republic
  2. The President of the Assembly of the Republic
  3. The Prime Minister
  4. The President of the Supreme Court and the President of the Constitutional Court
  5. The President of the Supreme Administrative Court and the President of the Court of Auditors
  6. Former Presidents of the Republic
  7. Ministers of the Government of Portugal
  8. The Leader of the Opposition
  9. Vice-presidents of the Assembly of the Republic and Presidents of the parliamentary groups
  10. The Attorney-general of the Republic
  11. The Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces
  12. The Ombudsman
  13. Representatives of the Republic to the Autonomous Regions
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  15. Presidents of the Regional Governments
  16. Leaders of other parties with seats in the Assembly of the Republic
  17. Former Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic and former Prime Ministers
  18. Councilors of State
  19. Presidents of Permanent Commissions of the Assembly of the Republic
  20. Secretaries and under-secretaries of State of the Government of Portugal
  21. Chiefs of Staff of the Army, Navy, and Air Force
  22. Members of the Assembly of the Republic
  23. Members of the European Parliament
  24. Marshals and Admirals of the fleet
  25. Chiefs of the Civilian House and Military House of the President of the Republic
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  37. Presidents of intermediate level courts (Relação), Presidents of the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities and of the Coordinator Council of the Polytechnics, leaders of the Bar Associations and Presidents of professional associations of public law
  38. Presidents of the Portuguese Academy of History and the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Rectors of universities and Presidents of Polytechnics
  39. Members of the councils of the Honorific Orders of Portugal
  40. Judges of intermediate level courts and deputies attorneys-general, vice-rectors of universities and vice-presidents of polytechnics
  41. Presidents of the municipal councils (Mayors)
  42. Presidents of the municipal assemblies
  43. Civil governors of districts
  44. Chiefs of Staff of the President of the Republic, President of the Assembly of the Republic, and Prime Minister
  45. Presidents, members and secretaries-general of councils, national councils, superior councils, oversight councils, national commissions, high authorities, high commissioners, oversight committees, by order of seniority of the respective institution, directors-general and presidents of public institutions, by order of their respective ministries, the head of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia, and the President of the Portuguese Red Cross
  46. Admirals and general officers with command functions, by order of military rank, operational commanders and commanders of military zone, maritime zone, and air zone, of the Autonomous Regions of Azores and Madeira
  47. Directors of the National Defense Institute and the Joint Command and Staff College, commanders of the Military Academy, Naval School, and Air Force Academy, admirals and general officers of 3 and 2 stars
  48. Chiefs of staff of members of government
  49. Deputies directors-general and regional directors
  50. Judges and attorneys-general
  51. Aldermans (vereadores) of municipal councils
  52. Aides of the President of the Republic, of the President of the Assembly of the Republic, and of the Prime Minister
  53. Presidents of Civil Parishes
  54. Members of municipal assemblies
  55. Presidents of parish assemblies and members of civil parishes and parish assemblies
  56. Directors of service
  57. Chiefs of division
  58. Aides of members of government

The Republic of Korea has no officially recognized South Korean order of precedence, yet the Office of the President (EOP) once officially declared order of precedence among the chiefs of 6 highest constitutional institutions in year 2006 as following:

  1. the President of the Republic of Korea, as both head of state and leader of government
  2. the Speaker of the National Assembly, as leader of legislature
  3. the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the President of the Constitutional Court, as co-leader of the judiciary
  4. the Prime Minister, as deputy leader of government
  5. the Chairperson of the National Election Commission, as leader of the constitutionally independent agency for national election administration

The Newfoundland and Labrador order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.

  1. The Sovereign
  2. Consort of the Sovereign
  3. Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
  4. Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
  5. Chief Justice of Newfoundland and Labrador
  6. Speaker of the House of Assembly
  7. Former Lieutenant Governors, in order of their departure from office
    1. Frank Fagan
    2. Judy Foote
  8. Former Premiers, in order of their departure from office
    1. Brian Peckford
    2. Tom Rideout
    3. Clyde Wells
    4. Brian Tobin
    5. Beaton Tulk
    6. Roger Grimes
    7. Danny Williams
    8. Kathy Dunderdale
    9. Tom Marshall
    10. Paul Davis
    11. Dwight Ball
  9. Members of the Executive Council
  10. Leader of the Opposition
  11. Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada resident in Newfoundland and Labrador
  12. Members of the Cabinet of Canada who represent Newfoundland and Labrador
  13. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
  14. Associate Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
  15. Puisne justices of the Court of Appeal
  16. Justices of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
  17. Chief Judge of the Provincial Court
  18. Associate Chief Judge of the Provincial Court
  19. Puisne judges of the Provincial Court
  20. Associate Chief Judge of the Family Court
  21. Puisne judges of the Family Court
  22. Members of the House of Assembly
  23. Members of the Senate who represent Newfoundland and Labrador
  24. Members of the House of Commons who represent Newfoundland and Labrador
  25. Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. John's
  26. Bishop of Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador
  27. Minister of the Presbyterian Church
  28. Heads of Consular Post with jurisdiction in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
    1. Honorary Consulate-General of Ireland
    2. Consul General of France
    3. Consulate General of Portugal
    4. Honorary Consulate of Italy
    5. General Consulate of The Netherlands
  29. Mayor of St. John's
  30. Mayor of Corner Brook
  31. Mayor of Mount Pearl
  32. Mayors or other elected officials of incorporated municipalities
  33. Recipients of the Victoria Cross resident in Newfoundland and Labrador
  34. Commanding Officers
    1. CFB Gander
    2. CFB Goose Bay
    3. CFS St. John's
    4. HMCS Cabot
  35. Chief of Police, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
  36. Commanding Officer "B" Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  37. High Sheriff of Newfoundland and Labrador
  38. Members of the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
  39. Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland
  40. President and vice-chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland

References

  1. ↑ "Protocol Guidelines". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  2. ↑ McIlroy, Tom (26 February 2015). "Canberra's diplomatic mistake – 25 years in the making". The Canberra Times . Retrieved 8 July 2015.
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