Australia's newest High Court judge will be sworn in next week.
Federal Court judge Michelle Gordon will replace her husband Justice Kenneth Hayne who's been on the High Court bench since 1997 and reached the compulsory retirement age of 70 on Friday.
Her appointment means there will be a record three women on the seven-member bench.
Justice Gordon was born and educated in Perth before working in Perth and Melbourne where she was called to the bar in 1992.
She took silk in 2003 and has been on the Federal Court bench in Melbourne since 2007.
She will be sworn in by Chief Justice Robert French and Attorney-General George Brandis is expected to address Tuesday's event.
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