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Manager of Opposition Business in the House (Queensland)

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The Manager of Opposition Business in the House, also known as the Leader of Opposition Business in the House, is a member of the Shadow Cabinet of Queensland responsible for working with the Leader of the House on the management and scheduling of business in the Legislative Assembly. The holder of the post is ex officio a member of the Committee of the Legislative Assembly unless the position is designated to another Opposition member. The Committee has responsibility for the way the body is run.[1] The Leader of Opposition Business is one of the few Opposition members to receive a government salary in addition to that earned as a member of Parliament.[2]

List of officeholders

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More information Name, Term began ...
Name Term began Term ended Party Leader of the Opposition
Keith Wright[3] 1978 1980 Labor Tom Burns
Ed Casey
Bill Prest[4] 5 March 1981 20 October 1982[n 1] Labor
Brian Davis[5] 20 October 1982[n 1] 29 August 1984 Labor Keith Wright
Bill Prest[4] 29 August 1984[n 2] 2 December 1989[n 3] Labor Nev Warburton
Wayne Goss
Kev Lingard[7] 1 March 1990[8] 19 September 1992 The Nationals Russell Cooper
Rob Borbidge
Tony Fitzgerald[9] 5 November 1992[10] 19 February 1996[n 4] National
Terry Mackenroth[11] 27 February 1996 19 May 1998 Labor Peter Beattie
Denver Beanland[12] 30 July 1998 17 February 2001 Liberal Rob Borbidge
Kev Lingard[7] 12 March 2001 29 January 2007 National Mike Horan
Lawrence Springborg
Jeff Seeney[n 5]
Stuart Copeland[13] 29 January 2007 30 September 2008 National
Lawrence Springborg
John-Paul Langbroek[14][n 5] 30 September 2008 21 March 2009 Liberal National
Jeff Seeney[15][n 5] 6 April 2009 23 March 2011 Liberal National John-Paul Langbroek
David Gibson[16][n 5] 23 March 2011 11 April 2011 Liberal National
Rosemary Menkens[17][n 5][n 6] 11 April 2011 19 February 2012 Liberal National Jeff Seeney (Opp)
Campbell Newman (LNP)[n 7]
Curtis Pitt[18] 19 April 2012 31 January 2015 Labor Annastacia Palaszczuk
Ray Stevens 31 January 2015 9 May 2016 Liberal National Lawrence Springborg
Jeff Seeney 9 May 2016 25 November 2017 Liberal National Tim Nicholls
Jarrod Bleijie 15 December 2017 14 March 2022 Liberal National Deb Frecklington
David Crisafulli
Andrew Powell 14 March 2022 1 October 2024 Liberal National David Crisafulli
Mick de Brenni 8 November 2024 current Labor Steven Miles
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  1. [1]
    Despite the references to July 1982 in the biographies of Prest and Davis, no change regarding the Leader of Opposition Business was announced in August when Parliament first sat after a four-month recess. In addition, Wright replaced Casey as Leader of the Opposition on 20 October and announced he had appointed Davis the following day.
  2. [2]
    Warburton replaced Wright as Leader of the Opposition on 29 August 1984 and announced Prest as Leader of Opposition Business the same day.[6]
  3. [3]
    Labor won the 1989 election on 2 December.
  4. [4]
    Following the Mundingburra by-election on 3 February 1996, the ALP and Coalition each had 44 members. On 19 February, Wayne Goss resigned as Premier and Borbide was sworn in his stead, following independent MP Liz Cunningham's decision to support the Coalition.
  5. [5]
    Dates for Seeney, Langbroek, Gibson, and Menkens are taken from their parliamentary biographies, which are currently unavailable at the Parliamentary Library website because of the election.
  6. [6]
    Menkens is the first Leader of Opposition Business to have received an additional salary for holding that office.[2]
  7. [7]
    Newman as LNP leader appointed Menkens, but because Newman did not have a seat in Parliament, Seeney was Leader of the Opposition

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