Australia
In all Australian police forces, excepting the New South Wales Police Force where it is junior to the rank of senior assistant commissioner, assistant commissioner is the rank below deputy commissioner but senior to the rank of commander (South Australia Police, Victoria Police), senior to the rank of superintendent (Western Australia Police) and senior to the rank of chief superintendent (Queensland Police Service, New South Wales Police Force). In all services, the insignia consists of crossed and wreathed tipstaves; as a rank, it is roughly equivalent to that of a brigadier or major-general in the army.
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