The loss of life of Queen Elizabeth II will set off some adjustments in Australia that you just may not have anticipated. Some have been automated, whereas others will take a while earlier than we discover.
Queen’s birthday public vacation
The Queen’s birthday public vacation will in all probability change its title to the King’s birthday however it can in the end be a matter for the states and territories to resolve.
The change in monarch won't probably have an effect on when the precise vacation is held. Nowhere in Australia marked the Queen’s precise birthday in April with a public vacation. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, ACT, South Australia and the Northern Territory mark the vacation on the second Monday of June, whereas it's taken in September in Queensland, and in October in Western Australia.
The Queen’s birthday honours may also probably grow to be the King’s birthday honours.
Foreign money
The Queen is the one monarch to characteristic on the heads of Australian cash within the decimal period for Australian foreign money, a interval which started after Australia transitioned from kilos in 1966.
Present cash bearing the Queen’s face will stay in circulation, and new cash bearing King Charles’s face will start circulation in 2023. The brand new king might be dealing with left on the cash, relatively than proper which has been custom relationship again to the 1600s.
A portrait of the Queen has adorned the $5 be aware since 1995, and her face used to seem on $1 notes earlier than Australia ditched it for cash in 1984.
QCs grow to be KCs
Through the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, senior barristers in Australia have had the selection of the title Queen’s Counsel (QC) or Senior Counsel (SC). For many who took the previous title, their title has robotically modified to King’s Counsel (KC).
You may see this mirrored within the very speedy updates made to the Victorian Bar’s find-a-barrister service.
The letterheads and enterprise card adjustments would possibly take somewhat extra time.
The Queen turns into the King in felony circumstances
In felony circumstances, the prosecution within the case is sometimes called the Queen, eg the Queen v “defendant”.
Much like KCs, the change to now use King following the Queen’s loss of life has already taken place.
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Victorian MPs might want to swear an oath or affirmation once more
State MPs in Victoria won't be allowed to take a seat in parliament or on parliamentary committees once more till they make an oath or affirmation to the King.
Part 23 of the Victorian structure states:
Every time the demise of the crown is notified by the governor to the council and the meeting, the members of the council and of the meeting shall earlier than they're permitted to take a seat or vote therein respectively take and subscribe the like oath or affirmation to the successor in the intervening time to the crown.
Victoria is simply state the place this must occur. In all different states, in addition to for federal MPs, it isn't obligatory.
This course of is prone to happen on Tuesday subsequent week.
The Victorian parliament was as a result of return subsequent week, nonetheless the premier, Daniel Andrews, has stated it won't sit subsequent week. He stated the times could also be made up later within the 12 months. It's simply over two months till the state election in November.
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