Australia, in his personal capacity, retains the ability to appoint Australian citizens as knights or dames of the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle, and the Royal Victorian Order, an act solely within the sovereign's personal discretion, his Australian ministers having no involvement. The Australian Order of Wear states that awards conferred by the Sovereign in exercise of the Royal Prerogative are treated as Australian and not foreign awards. See also Canadian peers and baronets Baronetcies conferred on the recommendation of Canadian governments Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada Canadian order of precedence (decorations and medals) Political culture of Canada Monarchy of Canada Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 References Bibliography McCreery, Christopher (2005). The Order of Canada: Its Origins, History and Development. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Contains a full discussion of Canadian government policy towards titular honours. The Rule of Law and the Justiciability of Prerogative Powers: A Comment on Black v. Chrétien (pdf) Senator Anne C. Cools' webpages detailing the applicability of the Nickle Resolution during R.B. Bennett's time and afterward Political history of Canada Orders, decorations, and medals of Canada 1917 in Canada