Manager of Opposition Business in the House (Australia)
Manager of Opposition Business in the House | |
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since 18 October 2013 | |
Appointer | Opposition leader |
Deputy | Mark Dreyfus |
The Manager of Opposition Business in the House, sometimes called Opposition Leader of the House,[1] is the member of the Australian Official Opposition Shadow Ministry responsible for negotiating with the Leader of the House regarding proceedings in the Australian House of Representatives. 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.[2]
The Manager of Opposition Business in the House and the Deputy Manager are appointed by the Opposition leader. The current Manager of Opposition Business in the House is Tony Burke, and his deputy is Mark Dreyfus. The duties of the Deputy Manager of Opposition Business are largely contingent, coming into play only when the Manager of Opposition Business is absent from the House or is on leave, when he or she is referred to as Acting Manager of Opposition Business.
Two managers of Opposition Business in the House, John Howard and Julia Gillard, went on to become Prime Ministers.
List
The Managers of Opposition Business since 1974 are as follows:
Order | Manager | Party | Leader of the Opposition | Term start | Term end | Term in office | ||
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1 | Ian Sinclair | National Country | Billy Snedden | 14 June 1974 | 21 March 1975 | 1 year, 150 days | ||
Malcolm Fraser | 21 March 1975 | 11 November 1975 | ||||||
2 | Gordon Scholes | Labor | Gough Whitlam | 27 January 1976 | 22 December 1977 | 1 year, 336 days | ||
Bill Hayden | 22 December 1977 | 29 December 1977 | ||||||
3 | Mick Young | 29 December 1977 | 11 February 1980 | 2 years, 44 days | ||||
4 | Chris Hurford | 11 February 1980 | 7 November 1980 | 270 days | ||||
5 | Lionel Bowen | 10 November 1980 | 3 February 1983 | 2 years, 121 days | ||||
Bob Hawke | 3 February 1983 | 11 March 1983 | ||||||
(1) | Ian Sinclair | National | Andrew Peacock | 16 March 1983 | 5 September 1985 | 4 years, 43 days | ||
John Howard | 5 September 1985 | 28 April 1987 | ||||||
6 | John Spender | Liberal | 29 April 1987 | 14 August 1987 | 107 days | |||
7 | Wal Fife | 14 August 1987 | 9 May 1989 | 4 years, 283 days | ||||
Andrew Peacock | 9 May 1989 | 3 April 1990 | ||||||
John Hewson | 3 April 1990 | 23 May 1992 | ||||||
8 | Warwick Smith | 23 May 1992 | 8 February 1993 | 261 days | ||||
9 | John Howard | 7 April 1993 | 23 May 1994 | 1 year, 298 days | ||||
Alexander Downer | 23 May 1994 | 30 January 1995 | ||||||
10 | Peter Reith | John Howard | 31 January 1995 | 11 March 1996 | 1 year, 40 days | |||
11 | Simon Crean | Labor | Kim Beazley | 20 March 1996 | 20 October 1998 | 2 years, 214 days | ||
12 | Bob McMullan | 20 October 1998 | 25 November 2001 | 3 years, 36 days | ||||
13 | Wayne Swan | Simon Crean | 25 November 2001 | 16 June 2003 | 1 year, 203 days | |||
14 | Mark Latham | 16 June 2003 | 8 December 2003 | 165 days | ||||
15 | Julia Gillard | Mark Latham | 8 December 2003 | 18 January 2005 | 3 years, 2 days | |||
Kim Beazley | 18 January 2005 | 10 December 2006 | ||||||
16 | Anthony Albanese | Kevin Rudd | 10 December 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 92 days | |||
17 | Joe Hockey | Liberal | Brendan Nelson | 2 December 2007 | 16 September 2008 | 1 year, 76 days | ||
Malcolm Turnbull | 16 September 2008 | 16 February 2009 | ||||||
18 | Christopher Pyne | 16 February 2009 | 1 December 2009 | 4 years, 214 days | ||||
Tony Abbott | 1 December 2009 | 18 September 2013 | ||||||
19 | Tony Burke | Labor | Bill Shorten | 18 October 2013 | Incumbent | 11 years, 68 days |
See also
- Leader of the House (Australia)
- Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate (Australia)
- Manager of Government Business in the Senate (Australia)
References
- ^ Australian Parliamentary Library. "Ian McCahon Sinclair". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ^ "The House, Government, and Opposition", House of Representatives Infosheet No. 19, October 2010.