Table of precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia

The following is the order of precedence for Australia:

The King of Australia: King Charles III
The Governor-General of Australia: David Hurley
Governors of 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)
The Prime Minister: Anthony Albanese
The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in order of election:
1. President of the Senate Senator: Sue Lines (26 July 2022)
2. Speaker of the House of Representatives: Milton Dick (26 July 2022)
The Chief Justice of Australia: Susan Kiefel
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 and Acting High Commissioners in order of date of assumption of duties
Members of the Federal Executive Council:
1. Ministry List
Administrators of Territories in order of appointment:
1. Administrator of Norfolk Island: Eric Hutchinson (1 April 2017)
2. Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories: Sarah Vandenbroek (4 October 2022) - acting
3. Administrator of the Northern Territory: Hugh Heggie (2 February 2023)
The Leader of the Opposition: Peter Dutton
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)
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)
Premiers of states in order of state populations, then Chief Ministers of the territories in order of territory populations:
Justices of the High Court in order of appointment:
1. Stephen Gageler AC (9 October 2012)
2. Michelle Gordon AC (9 June 2015)
3. James Edelman (30 January 2017)
4. Simon Steward (1 December 2020)
5. Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson (1 March 2021)
6. Jayne Jagot (17 October 2022)
Senior judges:
1. Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia: James Allsop
2. President of the Fair Work Commission: Iain Ross
Chief Justices of States in order of appointment:
1. Chief Justice of New South Wales: (H.E. The Hon Tom Bathurst AC KC FRSN) (1 June 2011)
2. Chief Justice of South Australia (The Hon Chris Kourakis SC) (25 June 2012)
3. Chief Justice of Tasmania (The Hon Alan Blow AO) (8 April 2013)
4. Chief Justice of Victoria (Anne Ferguson) (2 October 2017)
5. Chief Justice of Western Australia (Peter Quinlan SC) (13 August 2018)
6. Chief Justice of Queensland (The Hon Helen Bowskill KC) (19 March 2022)

Australian members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in order of appointment:
1. Ian Sinclair (17 January 1977)
2. The Rt Hon Sir William Heseltine (26 March 1986)
The Chief of the Defence Force (General Angus Campbell)
Chief Judges of Federal and Territory Courts in order of appointment
1. Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory (Helen Murrell) (28 October 2013)
2. Chief Justice of the Northern Territory (Michael Grant) (5 July 2016)
3. Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia (Will Alstergren) (10 December 2018)
Members of Parliament (see Members of the Australian Senate, 2019–2022 and Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2019–2022)
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:
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:
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)
Members of State Executive Councils in order of state populations, and then members of the Northern Territory Executive Council:
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:
Judges of State and Territory Supreme Courts in order of appointment:
Members of State and Territory Legislatures in order of population:
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:
1. Vice Chief of the Defence Force: Vice Admiral David Johnston (6 July 2018)
2. Chief of Army: Lieutenant General Richard Burr (2 July 2018)
3. Chief of Air Force: Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld (3 July 2019)
4. Chief of Navy: Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (6 July 2022)
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

British Columbia

Prince Edward Island

Ireland (1897–1922) (hist.)

Luxembourg

Negeri Sembilan

Poland-Lithuania (hist.)

England and Wales

Northern Ireland

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 Wearing.
Until 2022, no reference was made to the Chief Minister, the Leader of the Opposition or the Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory. This appeared to be an oversight after the ACT was granted self government.[1] A new Table of Precedence was gazetted on 1 September 2022 which included the ACT.

References

McIlroy, Tom (26 February 2015). "Canberra's diplomatic mistake – 25 years in the making". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

Table of Precedence for the Commonwealth of Australia– as Gazetted in Commonwealth Gazette C2022G00834 on Thursday 1 September 2022.

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