William McCormack was Premier of Queensland,Australia,from 1925 to 1929.
The Parliament of Queensland is the legislature of Queensland,Australia. As provided under the Constitution of Queensland,the Parliament consists of the Monarch of Australia and the Legislative Assembly. It has been the only unicameral state legislature in the country since the upper chamber,the Legislative Council,was abolished in 1922. The Legislative Assembly sits in Parliament House in the state capital,Brisbane.
The City of Mount Isa is a local government area in north west Queensland. The City covers the urban locality of Mount Isa,the administrative centre,and surrounding area,sharing a boundary with the Northern Territory to the west.
George Richard Torbay,an Australian politician,was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Northern Tablelands from 1999 to 2013. Torbay was the 30th Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly,serving from 2007 until 2011,and was the first independent member to be Speaker of the House since 1913. Prior to his election to State parliament,he served as Mayor of Armidale City Council from 1995 to 1998.
Government in Australia is elected by universal suffrage and Australian women participate in all levels of the government of the nation. In 1902,the newly formed Commonwealth of Australia became the first nation on earth to enact equal suffrage,enabling women to both vote and stand for election alongside men Women have been represented in Australian state parliaments since 1921,and in the Federal Parliament since 1943. The first female leader of an Australian State or Territory was elected in 1989,and the first female Prime Minister took office in 2010. In 2019 for the first time,a majority of members of the Australian Senate were women. At the time of its foundation in 1901,and again since 1952,Australia has had a female monarch as ceremonial Head of State,while the first female Governor of an Australian State was appointed in 1991,and the first female Governor-General of Australia took office in 2008.
Michelle Hopkins Roberts is an Australian politician currently serving as Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. She has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly since 1994. She served as a minister in the governments of Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter between 2001 and 2008. In November 2015,Roberts became the longest-serving female parliamentarian in Western Australia's history,breaking the record set by Liz Constable. She was a high school teacher,civil servant and local government councillor before entering politics.
The following is the Australian Table of Precedence.
- The King of Australia: His Majesty King Charles III
- The Governor-General of Australia: His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC,DSC,FTSE
- Governors of states in order of appointment:
- Governor of Victoria Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC
- Governor of New South Wales Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC,KC
- Governor of Tasmania Her Excellency the Honourable Barbara Baker AC
- Governor of South Australia Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC
- Governor of Queensland Her Excellency the Honourable Jeannette Young,PSM
- Governor of Western Australia His Excellency the Honourable Chris Dawson APM
- The Prime Minister: The Honourable Anthony Albanese MP
- The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in order of election:
- President of the Senate Senator The Honourable Sue Lines
- Speaker of the House of Representatives The Honourable Milton Dick MP
- The Chief Justice of Australia: The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC
- Senior diplomatic posts:
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners in order of date of presentation of the Letters of Credence or Commission
- Chargés d'affaires en pied or en titre in order of date of presentation of the Letters of Credence or Commission
- Chargés d'affaires and Acting High Commissioners in order of date of assumption of duties
- Members of the Federal Executive Council:
- Ministry List
- Administrators of Territories in order of appointment:
- Administrator of Norfolk Island
- Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories
- Administrator of the Northern Territory
- The Leader of the Opposition: The Honourable Peter Dutton MP
- Former holders of high offices:
- Former Governors-General in order of leaving office:
- The Hon Bill Hayden AC (1989–1996)
- The Hon Sir William Deane AC KBE KC (1996–2001)
- The Rt. Rev and Hon Dr Peter Hollingworth AC OBE (2001–2003)
- The Hon Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO (2008–2014)
- General the Hon Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC (2014–2019)
- Former Prime Ministers in order of leaving office:
- The Hon Paul Keating (1991–1996)
- The Hon John Howard OM AC SSI (1996–2007)
- The Hon Kevin Rudd AC
- The Hon Julia Gillard AC (2010–2013)
- The Hon Tony Abbott AC (2013–2015)
- The Hon Malcolm Turnbull AC (2015–2018)
- The Hon Scott Morrison (2018–2022)
- Former Chief Justices in order of leaving office:
- The Hon Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE GBM KC (1987–1995)
- The Hon Murray Gleeson AC GBS KC (1998–2008)
- The Hon Robert French AC (2008–2017)
- Premiers of states in order of state populations,then Chief Ministers of the territories in order of territory populations:
- Premier of New South Wales
- Premier of Victoria
- Premier of Queensland
- Premier of Western Australia
- Premier of South Australia
- Premier of Tasmania
- Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
- Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
- Justices of the High Court in order of appointment:
- The Hon Stephen Gageler AC
- The Hon Patrick Keane AC
- The Hon Michelle Gordon AC
- The Hon James Edelman
- The Hon Simon Steward
- The Hon Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson
- Senior judges:
- Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
- President of the Fair Work Commission
- Chief Justices of States in order of appointment:
- Chief Justice of New South Wales
- Chief Justice of South Australia
- Chief Justice of Tasmania
- Chief Justice of Queensland
- Chief Justice of Victoria
- Chief Justice of Western Australia
- Australian members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in order of appointment:
- The Rt Hon Ian Sinclair
- The Rt Hon Sir William Heseltine
- The Chief of the Defence Force
- Chief Judges of Federal and Territory Courts in order of appointment
- Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
- Chief Justice of the Northern Territory
- Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
- Members of Parliament
- Judges of the Federal Court of Australia and Family Court of Australia,and Deputy presidents of the Fair Work Commission in order of appointment
- Lord Mayors of capital cities in order of city populations:
- Lord Mayor of Sydney
- Lord Mayor of Melbourne
- Lord Mayor of Brisbane
- Lord Mayor of Perth
- Lord Mayor of Adelaide
- Lord Mayor of Hobart
- Lord Mayor of Darwin
- Heads of religious communities according to the date of assuming office in Australia
- Presiding officers of State Legislatures in order of appointment,then Presiding Officer of Territory Legislatures in order of appointment:
- Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
- President of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
- President of the South Australian Legislative Council
- Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
- President of the New South Wales Legislative Council
- President of the Western Australian Legislative Council
- Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
- Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly
- Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
- Members of State Executive Councils in order of state populations,and then members of the Northern Territory Executive Council:
- Executive Council of New South Wales
- Executive Council of Victoria
- Executive Council of Queensland
- Executive Council of Western Australia
- Executive Council of South Australia
- Executive Council of Tasmania
- Executive Council of the Northern Territory
- 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:
- Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales
- Leader of the Opposition of Victoria
- Leader of the Opposition of Queensland
- Leader of the Opposition of Western Australia
- Leader of the Opposition of South Australia
- Leader of the Opposition of Tasmania
- Leader of the Opposition of the Australian Capital Territory
- Leader of the Opposition of the Northern Territory
- Judges of State and Territory Supreme Courts in order of appointment:
- Supreme Court of New South Wales
- Supreme Court of Victoria
- Supreme Court of Queensland
- Supreme Court of Western Australia
- Supreme Court of South Australia
- Supreme Court of Tasmania
- Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
- Members of State and Territory Legislatures in order of population:
- New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
- Victorian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
- Queensland Legislative Assembly
- Western Australian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
- South Australian House of Assembly and Legislative Council
- Tasmanian House of Assembly and Legislative Council
- Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
- The Secretaries of Departments of the Australian Public Service and their peers and the Chiefs of the Air Force,Army,and Navy and Vice Chief of the Defence Force in order of first appointment to this group:
- Vice Chief of the Defence Force
- Chief of Army
- Chief of Air Force
- Chief of Navy
- Consuls-General,Consuls and Vice-Consuls according to the date on which recognition was granted
- Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- Recipients of Decorations or Honours from the Sovereign
- Citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
Michael Reynolds,CBE,AM is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1998 to 2009,representing the district of Townsville. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2006 to 2009.
The City of Townsville is a local government area (LGA) located in North Queensland,Australia. It encompasses the city of Townsville,together with the surrounding rural areas,to the south are the communities of Alligator Creek,Woodstock and Reid River,and to the north are Northern Beaches and Paluma,and also included is Magnetic Island. In June 2018 the area had a population of 194,072,and is the 28th-largest LGA in Australia. Townsville is considered to be the unofficial capital of North Queensland.
Mount Isa was an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the state of Queensland,Australia from 1972 to 2017.
A political family of Australia is a family in which multiple members are involved in Australian politics,particularly electoral politics. Members may be related by blood or marriage;often several generations or multiple siblings may be involved.
George Hugh Alexander Mackay was an Australian politician at state and federal level. He served in the Queensland Legislative Assembly as a Liberal from 1912 to 1915,before winning the Division of Lilley as a Nationalist at the 1917 federal election. Mackay joined the new United Australia Party (UAP) in 1931 and served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1932 until his retirement in 1934.
The 2012 Queensland state election was held on 24 March 2012 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly,a unicameral parliament.
Robert Carl Ignatius Katter is an Australian politician. He serves as the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Traeger,having previously represented Mount Isa from 2012 to 2017. He is the leader of Katter's Australian Party,having taken over from his father Bob Katter in February 2020.
David Frank Crisafulli is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017,representing the Gold Coast-based electorate of Broadwater for the Liberal National Party. He was previously member for the North Queensland-based electorate of Mundingburra from 2012 to 2015,and was initially Minister for Local Government,and then Minister for Local Government,Community Recovery and Resilience during the premiership of Campbell Newman,from 2012 to 2015. Since November 2020,he has been leader of the Liberal National Party and Leader of the Opposition.
Burke was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1873 to 1932,and again from 1960 to 1972. It covered remote rural areas in Northwest Queensland.
Sir Alan Roy Fletcher (1907–1991) was a politician in Queensland,Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Angelo Pietro Dante Bertoni was an Australian politician who was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Traeger is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution,and was named after Alfred Traeger,inventor of the pedal-powered radio,which was a significant contribution to people living in remote and rural communities in Queensland,such as those within Traeger.
