This is a list of post-nominal letters (letters after people's names) that have been nominated by orders from government, and letters from professional associations in Australia.

General conventions

In general, postnominals are arranged in the following sequence: # National honours, in their designated order of wearing, # King's / Queen's Counsel (KC/QC), Senior Counsel (SC), and Justice of the Peace (JP), # Degrees and diplomas, first grouped according to the corresponding

Australian Qualifications Framework The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) specifies the standards for educational qualifications in Australia. It is administered nationally by the Australian Government's Department of Industry, with oversight from the States and Territor ...

levels and ordered from lowest-to-highest, then in chronological order within those groups, # Fellowships then memberships of professional and academic bodies, # Parliamentary and military designations. Full-stops are not usually used in postnominals.http://www.gsu.uts.edu.au/publications/styleguide/names.html. http://www.kaplanprofessional.edu.au/faqs/using-post-nominals/

Orders and decorations

Legal Offices

Academic awards

Degree and diploma abbreviations are defined by the conferring university and vary from one to another. Consult the awarding university for the approved abbreviation. Some loose general rules and examples include:

Professional

Fellowship, Membership and Associate Membership of Professional Institutions.

Other Offices

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (CA), wh ...

Corps abbreviations (RAAC, RAE, RAInf etc) are not recognised as postnominals although they are occasionally seen.