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Table Of Precedence For The Commonwealth Of Australia
The following is the order of precedence for Australia: #King of Australia: King Charles III # Governor-General of Australia: Sam Mostyn #Governor of the State when within their own State. #Governors of the other (or all) States in order of appointment: ##Governor of New South Wales: Margaret Beazley (2 May 2019) ##Governor of Tasmania: Barbara Baker (16 June 2021) ##Governor of South Australia: Frances Adamson (7 October 2021) ##Governor of Queensland: Jeannette Young (1 November 2021) ## Governor of Western Australia: Chris Dawson (15 July 2022) ## Governor of Victoria: Margaret Gardner (9 August 2023) #When within the Northern Territory, the Administrator of the Northern Territory: Hugh Heggie (2 February 2023) #Prime Minister: Anthony Albanese #When within their own State or Territory, the Premier of the State or the Chief Minister of the Territory #The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in order of election (if they are elected at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Precedence
An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of importance applied to individuals, groups, or organizations. For individuals, it is most often used for diplomats in attendance at very formal occasions. It can also be used in the context of medals, decorations, and awards. A person's position in an order of precedence is not necessarily an indication of functional importance, but rather an indication of ceremonial or historical relevance; for instance, it may dictate where dignitaries are seated at formal dinners. The term is occasionally used to mean the order of succession—to determine who replaces the head of state in the event they are removed from office or incapacitated—as this order often correlates with importance. Universities and the professions often have their own rules of precedence applying locally, based (for example) on university or professional rank, each rank then being ordered within itself on the basis of seniority (i.e. date of attaining that r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Victoria
The governor of Victoria is the representative of Monarchy of Australia, the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the premier of Victoria. The governor's role is to represent the monarch. This role mainly includes performing ceremonial functions, such as opening and dissolving Parliament of Victoria, parliament, appointing the cabinet and granting royal assent. The governor's office and official residence is Government House, Melbourne, Government House next to the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens and surrounded by Kings Domain in Melbourne. The current governor of Victoria is Margaret Gardner, who succeeded Linda Dessau in August 2023. Powers In accordance with the conventions of the Westminster system of parliamentary government, the governor nearly always acts solely on the advice of the head of the elected government, the premier of Victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Gageler
Stephen John Gageler (; born 5 July 1958) is an Australian judge and former barrister. He has been a Justice of the High Court of Australia since 2012 and was appointed Chief Justice of Australia in 2023. He previously served as Solicitor-General of Australia from 2008 to 2012. He is a graduate of the Australian National University and Harvard Law School and was a barrister in private practice before his appointment as solicitor-general. Early life and education Gageler was born and raised in Sandy Hollow, New South Wales, where his father, John, and grandfather, Clive, were sawmillers operating his grandfather's company. Gageler was influenced to become a lawyer by meeting Bryan Beaumont, at the time the owner of a property near Gageler's boyhood home, who later became a judge of the Federal Court of Australia. Gageler's primary school education was at a one-teacher school, Giant's Creek Primary School, about 3 km from Sandy Hollow. His secondary education was at Musw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Justice Of Australia
The chief justice of Australia is the presiding justice of the High Court of Australia and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the Commonwealth of Australia. The incumbent is Stephen Gageler, since 6 November 2023. Constitutional basis The office of chief justice is established under section 71 of the Constitution of Australia, which establishes the High Court as consisting of a chief justice and at least two other justices. The court was constituted by, and its first members were appointed under, the Judiciary Act 1903, with the first appointments to the High Court commencing on 5 October 1903. Role The chief justice is first among equals among the justices of the High Court, and the position differs little from that of the other justices. All Justices, including the chief justice, are appointed by the governor-general of Australia, on the advice of the federal government. They can be removed only by the governor-general, on a request from both houses of the federal p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Dick
Dugald Milton Dick (born 21 July 1972) is an Australian politician serving as the 32nd and current speaker of the Australian House of Representatives since 2022. A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he has been the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Oxley, covering Brisbane's south-western suburbs, since 2016. He previously served on the Brisbane City Council from 2008 to 2016 and as an ALP state secretary from 2004 to 2008. Milton Dick is the brother of Queensland state treasurer and former Deputy Premier Cameron Dick. Early life Dick was born in Brisbane on 21 July 1972, the son of Joan and Allan Dick. His father was a World War II naval veteran and subsequently established a chain of butcher's shops in Brisbane's southern suburbs, while his mother was a midwife. He attended the Anglican Church Grammar School and holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the University of Queensland. Politics Dick joined the ALP at the age of 18 as a university stude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The Australian House Of Representatives
The Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives is the Chairperson, presiding officer of the Australian House of Representatives, the lower house of the Parliament of Australia. The counterpart in the upper house is the President of the Australian Senate, president of the Senate. The office of the speakership was established in 1901 by section 35 of the Constitution of Australia. The primary responsibilities of the office is to oversee Parliamentary debate, house debates, determine which Member of parliament, members may speak, maintain order and the Code of conduct, parliamentary and ministerial codes of conduct during sessions and uphold all rules and standing orders. The current speaker of the House of Representatives is Milton Dick, who was elected on 26 July 2022. Election The Speaker is elected by the House of Representatives in a secret ballot, with an election held whenever the Office of the Speaker is vacant, as set out in Chapter 3 of the House of Representati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Lines
Susan Lines (born 15 December 1953) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2013, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). She is the current President of the Australian Senate, having previously been Deputy President of the Senate from 2016. Before entering politics she was the assistant national secretary of United Voice. Early life Lines was born in Perth on 15 December 1953, the daughter of Nancy McRae and Jim Lines. Her parents later separated and she became close to her stepmother Mary Davies. Her father was born in England and came to Australia at the age of 12 as part of a child migration scheme, initially living at Fairbridge Farm. He served in World War II and later worked as a baker, carpenter and builder. Lines held British citizenship by descent until renouncing it prior to the 2013 election. Her maternal grandparents were Scottish. Lines attended Gosnells Primary School and Armadale Senior High School. She completed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Senate (Australia)
The president of the Senate is the Speaker (politics), presiding officer of the Australian Senate, the upper house of the Parliament of Australia. The counterpart in the lower house is the Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, speaker of the House of Representatives. The office of the presidency of the senate was established in 1901 by section 17 of the Constitution of Australia. The primary responsibilities of the office is to oversee Parliamentary debate, senate debates, determine which Member of parliament, senators may speak, maintain order and the Code of conduct, parliamentary code of conduct during sessions and uphold all rules and orders of the senate. The current president is Sue Lines, who was elected on 26 July 2022. The Senate elects one of its members as president at the start of each new term, or whenever the position is vacant. This is usually—though not necessarily—a member of the party or coalition that has formed government in the Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premiers And Chief Ministers Of The Australian States And Territories
The premiers and chief ministers of the Australian states and territories are the head of government, heads of the executive governments in the six states and two self-governing territories of Australia. They perform the same function at the state and territory level as the Prime Minister of Australia performs at the national level. The King of Australia and the Governors of the Australian states, state governors are the formal repositories of executive power; however, in practice they act only on the advice of state premiers and ministers except in extreme circumstances, such as a constitutional crisis. Background Each of the Australian states is governed under the Westminster system of parliamentary government. Each state has an elected legislature. Following a general election, the state governor appoints as premier the member of the lower house of the state legislature who can command a simple majority of votes on the floor of the house. The governor is the head of state, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Albanese
Anthony Norman Albanese ( or ; born 2 March 1963) is an Australian politician serving as the 31st and current prime minister of Australia since 2022. He has been the Leaders of the Australian Labor Party#Leader, leader of the Labor Party since 2019 and the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Division of Grayndler, Grayndler since 1996. Albanese was born in Sydney to an Italian father and an Australian mother, who raised him alone. Albanese attended St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney, St Mary's Cathedral College and studied economics at the University of Sydney. As a student, he joined the Labor Party and later worked as a party official and research officer before entering Parliament. Albanese was elected to the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives at the 1996 Australian federal election, 1996 election, winning the seat of Grayndler in New South Wales. He was first appointed to the Shadow cabinet of Australia, shadow cabin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Australia
The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister is the chair of the Cabinet of Australia and thus the head of the Australian Government, federal executive government. Under the principles of responsible government, the prime minister is both responsible to and a member of the Parliament of Australia, Commonwealth Parliament. The current prime minister is Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party, who assumed the office on 23 May 2022. The role and duties of the prime minister are not described by the Australian constitution but rather defined by Constitutional convention (political custom), constitutional convention deriving from the Westminster system and responsible government. The prime minister is formally appointed by the Governor-General of Australia, governor-general, who is ordinarily constrained by convention to choose the parliamentarian able to Confidence and supply, command the confidence of the Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Heggie
Hugh Crosbie Heggie (born 1950) is an Australian public servant and physician who is the 23rd and current Administrator of the Northern Territory since 2 February 2023. Career Heggie was born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria in 1950, and educated at Bonbeach High School. He attended the University of Melbourne and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. On the completion of his first degree he relocated to Sydney where he worked as a research pharmacologist before returning to Melbourne. In 2001, after 20 years in Melbourne, he relocated to the Northern Territory with his family. Between 2016 and 2022, Heggie served as the Chief Health Officer and executive director of Public Health and Clinical Excellence in the Northern Territory. He played a significant role during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 restrictions in Australia and served on numerous boards, committees and councils locally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
