Manager of Government Business in the Senate explained

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

Manager			Term began	Term ended	Portfolio	Party	Prime Minister
		Doug McClelland[1]		9 July 1974	11 November 1975	Minister for the Media (to 1975) Special Minister of State (1975)	Labor	Gough Whitlam
		None		11 November 1975	21 April 1983			Malcolm Fraser
	Don Grimes[2]		21 April 1983	17 February 1987	Minister for Social Security (to 1984) Minister for Community Services (from 1984)	Labor	Bob Hawke
Gareth Evans[3]		17 February 1987	2 September 1988	Minister Assisting the Prime Minister (Feb–Jul 1987) Minister Assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs (Feb–Jul 1987) Minister for Transport and Communications (from Jul 1987)	Labor
Robert Ray[4]		2 September 1988	4 June 1991	Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (to 1990) Minister for Defence (from 1990)	Labor
Bob McMullan[5]		4 June 1991	24 March 1993	Parliamentary Secretary	Labor
				Paul Keating
John Faulkner[6]		24 March 1993	11 March 1996		Minister for Veterans' Affairs (to 1994) Minister for Defence Science and Personnel (to 1994) Minister for Sport and Territories (1994) Minister for Environment, Sport and Territories (from 1994)	Labor
	Rod Kemp[7]		17 March 1996	6 November 1996	Parliamentary Secretary (to Oct 1996) Minister Assisting the Treasurer (from Oct 1996)	Liberal	John Howard
Ian Campbell[8]		6 November 1996	17 November 2004	Parliamentary Secretary (to 2003) Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads (from 2003)	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	Minister for Human Services (to 2009) Special Minister of State (2009–10) Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (from 2010)	Labor	height=40px	Kevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Mark Arbib[13]		14 December 2011	5 March 2012	Minister for Sport Assistant Treasurer Minister for Small Business	Labor
Jacinta Collins[14] [15]		5 March 2012	7 September 2013	Parliamentary Secretary (to Jul 2013) Minister for Mental Health and Ageing (from Jul 2013)	Labor
				height=40px		Kevin Rudd
	Mitch Fifield[16] [17]		18 September 2013	20 December 2017	Assistant Minister for Social Services (To Sep 2015) Minister for Communications Minister for the Arts	Liberal	Tony Abbott
Malcolm Turnbull
			Simon Birmingham[18]		20 December 2017	23 August 2018	Minister for Education and Training	Liberal
		Mitch Fifield		26 August 2018	29 May 2019	Minister for Communications and the Arts	Liberal	Scott Morrison
		Anne Ruston		29 May 2019[19]	23 May 2022	Minister for Families and Social Services	Liberal
		Katy Gallagher		1 June 2022[20]	Incumbent	Minister for Women Minister for Finance Minister for the Public Service	Labor	Anthony Albanese

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 February 2013 . McClelland, Douglas (1926–) .
2. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 February 2013 . Grimes, Don .
3. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 February 2013 . Evans, Gareth (1944–) .
4. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 February 2013 . Ray, Robert, (Robert Francis) (1947–) .
5. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 10 September 2013 . McMullan, Bob (1947–) .
6. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 February 2013 . Faulkner, John .
7. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 February 2013 . Kemp, Rod, (Charles Roderick) (1944–) .
8. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 February 2013 . Campbell, Ian, (Ian Gordon) (1959–) .
9. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 February 2013 . Ellison, Chris (1954–) .
10. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 February 2013 . Abetz, Eric .
11. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 February 2013 . Ludwig, Joseph William, (the Hon) (1959–) .
12. Web site: Biography for Ludwig, the Hon. Joseph William . Australian Parliamentary Library . 10 September 2013.
13. Web site: Biography for Arbib, the Hon. Mark Victor . Australian Parliamentary Library . 14 May 2016.
14. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 10 September 2013 . Collins, Jacinta .
15. Web site: Biography for Collins, the Hon. Jacinta Mary Ann . Australian Parliamentary Library . 10 September 2013.
16. Web site: Trove . National Library of Australia . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 September 2013 . Fifield, Mitchell Peter (1967–) .
17. Web site: Biography for Fifield, Mitchell (Mitch) Peter . Australian Parliamentary Library . 16 September 2013.
18. Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham . H6X . 2021-11-04.
19. Senator the Hon Anne Ruston . 243273 . 2021-11-03.
20. Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher . ING . 2022-06-06.