Protocol and state events

The Protocol and events team at Department of Premier and Cabinet delivers official state funerals and memorial services on behalf of the Premier and the Victorian Government.

We facilitate official guests of government and diplomatic visits to Victoria.

We host state events on behalf of the Victorian Government.

This Victorian government protocol page lists the order for acknowledging and seating officials at an event or state occasion held in Victoria.

Guidance on the correct forms of address for royalty, government officials, diplomatic and consular corps and religious leaders.

Find information about when you should fly a national and/or state flag at half-mast and when you should fly certain other flags.

The State Badge of Victoria and the Victorian Coat of Arms can only be used with permission and in certain circumstances.

Victoria was the second State of Australia to achieve Arms, following the creation of the Commonwealth in 1901.

Discover the official state emblems of Victoria: Fossil, the Leadbeater's Possum, the Helmeted Honeyeater, the Common Seadragon, Common Heath, our state mineral, gold and our state tartan.

Learn about the design and the history of the flag of the State of Victoria.