The first States to change to the title of Senior Counsel were New South Wales in 1993 and Queensland in 1994. Most other States and the Commonwealth Government followed over the next 15 years, including the ACT in 1995, Victoria in 2000 (though this was reversed in 2014), Western Australia in 2001, Tasmania in 2005, and South Australia in 2008. In the Northern Territory, the rank of Queen's Counsel was never formally abolished, but in 2007 the rules of the Territory's Supreme Court were amended to facilitate the appointment of Senior Counsel by the Chief Justice. Those appointed Queen's Counsel (QC) before the change in each jurisdiction were permitted to retain the old title.