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.Parliament of Queensland Act 2001, s 79A et seq. 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.
List of officeholders Notes Name Term began Term ended Party Leader of the Opposition Keith Wright 1978 1980 Labor Tom Burns Ed Casey Bill Prest 5 March 1981 20 October 1982Despite 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. Labor Brian Davis 20 October 1982 29 August 1984 Labor Keith Wright Bill Prest 29 August 1984 2 December 1989Labor won the 1989 election on 2 December.Labor Nev Warburton Wayne Goss Kev Lingard 1 March 1990Queensland, Legislative Assembly, Weekly Hansard, 1 March 1990 at 31. 19 September 1992The Nationals Russell Cooper Rob Borbidge Tony Fitzgerald 5 November 1992Queensland, Legislative Assembly, Weekly Hansard, 5 November 1992 at 29. 19 February 1996Following 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. National Terry Mackenroth 27 February 1996 19 May 1998 Labor Peter Beattie Denver Beanland 30 July 1998 17 February 2001 Liberal Rob Borbidge Kev Lingard 12 March 2001 29 January 2007 National Mike Horan Lawrence Springborg Jeff SeeneyDates 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. Stuart Copeland 29 January 2007 30 September 2008 National Lawrence Springborg John-Paul Langbroek 30 September 2008 21 March 2009 Liberal National Jeff Seeney 6 April 2009 23 March 2011 Liberal National John-Paul Langbroek David Gibson 23 March 2011 11 April 2011 Liberal National Rosemary Menkens 11 April 2011 19 February 2012 Liberal National Jeff Seeney (Opp)Campbell Newman (LNP)Newman as LNP leader appointed Menkens, but because Newman did not have a seat in Parliament, Seeney was Leader of the Opposition Curtis Pitt 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 FrecklingtonDavid Crisafulli Andrew Powell 14 March 2022 1 October 2024 Liberal National David CrisafulliMick de Brenni8 November 2024currentLaborSteven Miles
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
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