Editing Post-nominal letters (section)

==== In Australia ====
{{See also|List of post-nominal letters (Australia)}}

Various University Style Guides, such as: the [[University of Sydney]] Style Guide and the Australian Government Style Manual and that of the various State Governments.

Outside of any specific academic or State or Federal Government requirement, then in the following order:

# Those Honours promulgated by the Governor-General in the Commonwealth Government Gazette, e.g. Current National and former Imperial honours
# Those Honours and Appointments promulgated by a State Governor or Territory Administrator in the relevant State Government Gazette, e.g. Fellows of the Royal Society of NSW (FRSN), King's Counsels (KC).
# All honorary degrees included in an Australian university's Annual Report to an Australian Parliament.
# Fellowships and memberships of professional bodies and learned societies incorporated by a statutory instrument i.e. a Royal Charter under the Australian (not a foreign) Crown (e.g. the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the Institution of Engineers Australia,  the Australian Institute of Building, and the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy) or an Act of Parliament (such as the Bar Associations of some States)
# Parliamentary designations
# Foreign Honours where permitted by Australian Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs.
# Fellowships and memberships of other Australian Professional Institutions.
# Australian Qualifications, ideally with date and institution, in descending order (with the highest closest after the name).
# Foreign Professional Memberships.
# Foreign Qualifications.