Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate

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

See also


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