The Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate is the member of the Australian Official Opposition Shadow Ministry responsible for negotiating with the Manager of Government Business in the Senate regarding proceedings in the Australian Senate. Among other things, the topics of negotiation are the order in which Government bills and other items of business are taken, the time allotted for debate, and the timing of Opposition business.

The current Manager of Opposition Business is Anne Ruston.

List

Manager Term began Term ended Party Leader of the Opposition
  Doug McClelland[1] 27 January 1976 22 December 1977 Labor Gough Whitlam
None 22 December 1977 7 November 1980 Bill Hayden
Don Grimes[2] 7 November 1980 5 March 1983
Bob Hawke
None 11 March 1983 11 April 1990 Andrew Peacock
John Howard
Andrew Peacock
Chris Puplick[3] 11 April 1990 30 June 1990 Liberal John Hewson
None 30 June 1990 11 March 1996
Alexander Downer
John Howard
Kim Carr[4] 20 March 1996 25 November 2001 Labor Kim Beazley
Joe Ludwig[5] 25 November 2001 3 December 2007 Simon Crean
Mark Latham
Kim Beazley
Kevin Rudd
Chris Ellison[6] 6 December 2007 22 September 2008 Liberal Brendan Nelson
Helen Coonan[7] 22 September 2008 16 February 2009 Malcolm Turnbull
Stephen Parry[8] 16 February 2009 14 September 2010
Tony Abbott
Mitch Fifield[9][10] 14 September 2010 18 September 2013
Claire Moore[11] 18 October 2013 23 July 2016 Labor Bill Shorten
Sam Dastyari[12] 23 July 2016 7 September 2016
Katy Gallagher[13][14] 12 September 2016 6 December 2017
Jacinta Collins 6 December 2017 15 February 2019
Katy Gallagher[15][16] 2 June 2019 23 May 2022 Anthony Albanese
Anne Ruston[17] 5 June 2022 Incumbent Liberal Peter Dutton

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "McClelland, Douglas (1926–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  2. ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Grimes, Don". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  3. ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Puplick, C. J. (Christopher John) (1948–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  4. ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Carr, Kim John (1955–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  5. ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Ludwig, Joseph William, (the Hon) (1959–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  6. ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Ellison, Chris (1954–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  7. ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Coonan, Helen Lloyd (1947–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  8. ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Parry, Stephen Shane (1960–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  9. ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Fifield, Mitchell Peter (1967–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Biography for Fifield, Mitchell (Mitch) Peter". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Senator Claire Moore". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Biography for Dastyari, Sam". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  13. ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Gallagher, Katherine Ruth (1970-)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Biography for Gallagher, Katherine (Katy) Ruth". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  15. ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Gallagher, Katherine Ruth (1970-)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Biography for Gallagher, Katherine (Katy) Ruth". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Senator the Hon Anne Ruston". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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