Manager of Opposition Business in the House (Australia)

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]

Two managers of Opposition Business in the House, John Howard and Julia Gillard went on to become Prime Ministers.

The current Manager of Opposition Business in the House is Tony Burke, and his deputy is Mark Dreyfus.

List

The Managers of Opposition Business since 1974 are as follows:

Manager			Term began	Term ended	Party	Leader of the Opposition
	Ian Sinclair[1]		14 June 1974	11 November 1975	National	Billy Snedden
Malcolm Fraser
	Gordon Scholes[3]		27 January 1976	29 December 1977	Labor	Gough Whitlam
Bill Hayden
		Mick Young[4]		29 December 1977	11 February 1980	Labor
		Chris Hurford[5]		11 February 1980	7 November 1980	Labor
		Lionel Bowen[6]		10 November 1980	11 March 1983	Labor
Bob Hawke
	Ian Sinclair[1]		16 March 1983	28 April 1987	National	Andrew Peacock
John Howard
		John Spender[7]		29 April 1987	14 August 1987	Liberal
		Wal Fife[8]		14 August 1987	23 May 1992	Liberal
Andrew Peacock
John Hewson
		Warwick Smith[9]		23 May 1992	8 February 1993	Liberal
		John Howard[10]		7 April 1993	31 January 1995	Liberal
Alexander Downer
	Peter Reith[11]		31 January 1995	11 March 1996	Liberal	John Howard
	Simon Crean[12]		20 March 1996	20 October 1998	Labor	Kim Beazley
	Bob McMullan[13]		20 October 1998	25 November 2001	Labor
	Wayne Swan[14]		25 November 2001	16 June 2003	Labor	Simon Crean
	Mark Latham[15]		16 June 2003	8 December 2003	Labor
	Julia Gillard[16]		8 December 2003	10 December 2006	Labor	Mark Latham
Kim Beazley
	Anthony Albanese[17]		10 December 2006	3 December 2007	Labor	Kevin Rudd
	Joe Hockey[18]		2 December 2007	16 February 2009	Liberal	Brendan Nelson
Malcolm Turnbull
		Christopher Pyne[19]		16 February 2009	18 September 2013	Liberal
Tony Abbott
	Tony Burke		18 October 2013	Incumbent	Labor	Bill Shorten

See also

• Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate (Australia)
• Manager of Government Business in the Senate (Australia)

References

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