Manager of Opposition Business in the House (Queensland)

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

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	incumbent	Liberal National	David Crisafulli

Notes

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. 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. Labor won the 1989 election on 2 December.
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. 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. Menkens is the first Leader of Opposition Business to have received an additional salary for holding that office.^[2]
7. Newman as LNP leader appointed Menkens, but because Newman did not have a seat in Parliament, Seeney was Leader of the Opposition

See also

• Manager of Government Business (Queensland)
• Manager of Opposition Business in the House (Australia)
• Leader of the House (Australia)
• Premier of Queensland
• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
• Government of Queensland

References

1. Parliament of Queensland Act 2001, s 79A et seq.
2. "Queensland MPs to receive 2.5% salary increase in line with Government's wage policy". Government of Queensland. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012.
3. "Member biography: Keith Webb Wright". Re-Member. Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
4. "Member biography: William George Prest". Re-Member. Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
5. "Member biography: Brian John Davis". Re-Member. Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
6. Queensland, Legislative Assembly, Weekly Hansard, 29 August 1984 at 274.
7. "Member biography: Kevin Rowson Lingard". Re-Member. Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
8. Queensland, Legislative Assembly, Weekly Hansard, 1 March 1990 at 31.
9. "Member biography: Andrew Anthony Fitzgerald". Re-Member. Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
10. Queensland, Legislative Assembly, Weekly Hansard, 5 November 1992 at 29.
11. "Member biography: Hon. Terrence Michael Mackenroth". Re-Member. Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
12. "Member biography: Denver Edward Beanland". Re-Member. Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
13. "Member biography: Stuart William Copeland". Re-Member. Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
14. "Current Member biography: John-Paul Langroek". Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
15. "Current Member biography: Jeffrey (Jeff) Seeney". Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
16. "Current Member biography: David Gibson". Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
17. "Current Member biography: Rosemary Menkens". Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
18. "Current Member biography: Curtis Pitt". Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 2 May 2012.