Australian honours system support, but Australian Labor Party (ALP) governments, both national and state, ceased making recommendations for Imperial awards – in particular, appointments to the Order of the British Empire mainly after 1972. During the Second World War, the Governor-General, on the advice of wartime Labor governments, made recommendations for gallantry awards, including eleven for the Victoria Cross. Appointments to the Order of the British Empire were for officers and men engaged in operational areas. In 1975, the ALP (which had been out of power federally from 1949 until 1972) created the Australian Honours System. Recommendations were processed centrally, but State Governors
Fijian honours system Michael Somare was made a Companion during a state visit in 2006. The Order of Fiji was a Commonwealth honour from its re-admittance to the Commonwealth on 20 December 2001 to its second full suspension on 1 September 2009. from the Commonwealth. The Order of Fiji is the most senior in the Fijian honours system. There are 3 grades plus a Medal, in General and Military division. Recipients of the Order are allowed Post-nominal letters. The seniority within the Order are as followed: The College of Honour oversees the recommendations for the Order of Fiji as well as nominations for