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Whips are essential to the day-to-day running of the house. They assist the party business managers (the Leader of the House, Manager of Opposition Business in the House, Manager of Government Business in the Senate, and Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate and their four deputies) arrange the order of business on the floor.
The three parties represented in the first Parliament each appointed one whip. Each of today's three main parties appoint a chief whip, while the Australian Labor Party and Liberals each have an additional two whips and the Nationals have one additional whip. Until 1994, a party's more senior whip held the title "Whip", while the more junior ...
James Stewart, Labor's first Senate whip (1901–03) Anne McEwen, Labor whip (2010–16) In addition to those below, Kay Denman served as a deputy whip from 18 September to 31 December 1995, a period when one of Labor's two whips was on leave of absence while conducting parliamentary business overseas.
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Events in Parliament on Wednesday have put the role of Government whips under scrutiny again.
In practice, Australian whips play a lesser role than their counterparts in the United Kingdom, as party discipline in Australia tends to be tighter. [ 5 ] Their roles in the chamber include taking divisions, and maintaining a " pairs book " which controls the ability of members and senators to leave the parliament building during sittings, as ...
The politics of Australia has a mild two-party system, with two dominant political groupings in the Australian political system, the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal/National Coalition. Federally, 17 of the 151 members of the lower house (Members of Parliament, or MPs) are not members of major parties, as well as 21 of the 76 members of ...
Pages in category "Political whips" ... List of whips in the Australian Senate This page was last edited on 11 November 2023, at 13:20 (UTC). ...