Manager of Government Business in the Senate

The Manager of Government Business in the Senate is a government member usually a minister responsible for negotiating with the Manager of Opposition 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.

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	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
							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][19]		20 December 2017	23 August 2018	Minister for Education and Training	Liberal
	Mitch Fifield[20][21]		26 August 2018	29 May 2019	Minister for Communications and the Arts	Liberal	Scott Morrison
	Anne Ruston		29 May 2019[22]	Incumbent	Minister for Families and Social Services	Liberal

See also

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

References

1. Australian Parliamentary Library. "McClelland, Douglas (1926–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
2. Australian Parliamentary Library. "Grimes, Don". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
3. Australian Parliamentary Library. "Evans, Gareth (1944–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
4. Australian Parliamentary Library. "Ray, Robert, (Robert Francis) (1947–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
5. Australian Parliamentary Library. "McMullan, Bob (1947–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
6. Australian Parliamentary Library. "Faulkner, John". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
7. Australian Parliamentary Library. "Kemp, Rod, (Charles Roderick) (1944–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
8. Australian Parliamentary Library. "Campbell, Ian, (Ian Gordon) (1959–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
9. Australian Parliamentary Library. "Ellison, Chris (1954–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
10. Australian Parliamentary Library. "Abetz, Eric". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
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12. "Biography for Ludwig, the Hon. Joseph William". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
13. "Biography for Arbib, the Hon. Mark Victor". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
14. Australian Parliamentary Library. "Collins, Jacinta". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
15. "Biography for Collins, the Hon. Jacinta Mary Ann". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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17. "Biography for Fifield, Mitchell (Mitch) Peter". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
18. "Fifield, Mitchell Peter, (the Hon.) (1967-)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
19. "Biography for Birmingham, Simon John". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
20. Australian Parliamentary Library. "Fifield, Mitchell Peter (1967–)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
21. "Biography for Fifield, Mitchell (Mitch) Peter". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
22. "Senator the Hon Anne Ruston". Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 2 June 2019.