Oath of Office – New South Wales Police Force

Oath of Office  – New South Wales Police Force

"I, ...[ASIO Case Officer assigned to Bob Geldof KBE]… do swear,  

that, I will well and truly serve, our Sovereign Lady the Queen,

As a Police Officer without favour or affection, malice or ill-will, until I am legally discharged, that I will see and cause, Her Majesty’s peace to be kept and preserved;

And that, I will prevent to the best of my power, all offences against that peace;

And that, while I continue to be a Police Officer, 

I will, to the best of my skill and knowledge, discharge all the duties thereof, 

faithfully, according to law.

So help me god.

"Well may we say, God Save the Queen..."

"The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service. Before the establishment of the order, Australian citizens received British honours. The order is divided into general and military divisions, with the following grades in descending order of seniority: Knight and Dame of the Order of Australia (AK and AD – General division only - quota of 4 per annum); Companion of the Order of Australia (AC - quota of 30 per annum); Officer of the Order of Australia (AO - quota of 125 per annum); Member of the Order of Australia (AM - quota of 300 per annum); and Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM - no quota). From the creation of the Order of Australia in 1975, the Governor-General was, ex officio, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order, and therefore became entitled to the post-nominal AC. In 1976, the Letters Patent for the Order were amended to introduce the rank of Knight and Dame to the Order, and from that time the Governor-General became, ex officio, the Chancellor and Principal Knight of the Order. In 1986 the Letters Patent were amended again, and Governors-General appointed from that time were again, ex officio, entitled to the post-nominal AC (although if they already held a knighthood in the Order that superior rank was retained). Until 1989, all governors-general were members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and thus held the additional style the Right Honourable for life. The same individuals were also usually either peers, knights, or both (the only Australian peer to be appointed as Governor-General was the Lord Casey; and Sir William McKell was knighted only in 1951, some years into his term, but he was entitled to the style "The Honourable" during his tenure as Premier of New South Wales, an office he held until almost immediately before his appointment). In 1989, Bill Hayden, a republican, declined appointment to the British Privy Council and any imperial honours. From that time until 2014, governors-general did not receive automatic titles or honours, other than the post-nominal AC by virtue of being Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Australia. Dame Quentin Bryce was the first governor-general to have had no prior title or pre-nominal style. She was in office when, on 19 March 2014, the Queen, acting on the advice of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, amended the Letters Patent of the Order of Australia to provide, inter alia, that the governor-general would be, ex officio, Principal Knight or Principal Dame of the Order. Since then, the governor-general becomes a knight or dame (if he or she was not already one previously) upon being sworn in. The governor-general's title has become "His/Her Excellency the Honourable Sir/Dame". "