In the Parliament of Australia, the Manager of Government Business in the Senate is a government member, usually a minister, whose responsibilities include negotiating with the Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate regarding proceedings in the Australian Senate. Among other things, negotiations would involve the order in which Government bills and other items of business, the time allotted for debate, and the timing of Opposition business. The position is distinct to that of Leader of the Government in the Senate and party whip, each of which also have deputy positions.
List
[edit]Manager | Term began | Term ended | Portfolio | Party | Prime Minister | ||
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Doug McClelland[1] | ![]() |
9 July 1974 | 11 November 1975 |
|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | |
None | 11 November 1975 | 21 April 1983 | Malcolm Fraser | ||||
Don Grimes[2] | ![]() |
21 April 1983 | 17 February 1987 |
|
Labor | Bob Hawke | |
Gareth Evans[3] | 17 February 1987 | 2 September 1988 |
|
Labor | |||
Robert Ray[4] | ![]() |
2 September 1988 | 4 June 1991 |
|
Labor | ||
Bob McMullan[5] | ![]() |
4 June 1991 | 24 March 1993 | Parliamentary Secretary | Labor | ||
Paul Keating | |||||||
John Faulkner[6] | ![]() |
24 March 1993 | 11 March 1996 |
|
Labor | ||
Rod Kemp[7] | ![]() |
17 March 1996 | 6 November 1996 |
|
Liberal | John Howard | |
Ian Campbell[8] | ![]() |
6 November 1996 | 17 November 2004 |
|
Liberal | ||
Chris Ellison[9] | ![]() |
17 November 2004 | 9 March 2007 | Minister for Justice and Customs | Liberal | ||
Eric Abetz[10] | ![]() |
9 March 2007 | 3 December 2007 | Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation | Liberal | ||
Joe Ludwig[11][12] | 12 December 2007 | 14 December 2011 |
|
Labor | Kevin Rudd | ||
Julia Gillard | |||||||
Mark Arbib[13] | 14 December 2011 | 5 March 2012 | Labor | ||||
Jacinta Collins[14][15] | ![]() |
5 March 2012 | 7 September 2013 |
|
Labor | ||
Kevin Rudd | |||||||
Mitch Fifield[16][17] | ![]() |
18 September 2013 | 20 December 2017 |
|
Liberal | Tony Abbott | |
Malcolm Turnbull | |||||||
Simon Birmingham[18] | ![]() |
20 December 2017 | 23 August 2018 | Liberal | |||
Mitch Fifield[16][17] | ![]() |
26 August 2018 | 29 May 2019 | Liberal | Scott Morrison | ||
Anne Ruston | ![]() |
29 May 2019[19] | 23 May 2022 | Liberal | |||
Katy Gallagher | ![]() |
1 June 2022[20] | Incumbent |
|
Labor | Anthony Albanese |
See also
[edit]- Leader of the Government in the Senate (Australia)
- Leader of the House (Australia)
- Manager of Opposition Business in the House (Australia)
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "McClelland, Douglas (1926–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Grimes, Don". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Evans, Gareth (1944–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Ray, Robert, (Robert Francis) (1947–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "McMullan, Bob (1947–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Faulkner, John". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Kemp, Rod, (Charles Roderick) (1944–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Campbell, Ian, (Ian Gordon) (1959–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Ellison, Chris (1954–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Abetz, Eric". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Ludwig, Joseph William, (the Hon) (1959–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ^ "Biography for Ludwig, the Hon. Joseph William". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Biography for Arbib, the Hon. Mark Victor". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Collins, Jacinta". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ "Biography for Collins, the Hon. Jacinta Mary Ann". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ^ a b Australian Parliamentary Library. "Fifield, Mitchell Peter (1967–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Biography for Fifield, Mitchell (Mitch) Peter". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ "Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Senator the Hon Anne Ruston". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ "Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 6 June 2022.