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Until 1994, a party's more senior whip held the title "Whip", while the more junior whip was styled "Deputy Whip". In 1994, those titles became "Chief Whip" and "Whip", respectively. The current Chief Government Whip in the House of Representatives is Joanne Ryan of the Australian Labor Party, in office since 31 May 2022. [1]
Labor elected its whip that day, and the Liberals appointed an additional whip on 2 June 1994, with the new whip responsible for business in the second chamber. [43] That arrangement persists today. Labor and the Liberals each have a chief whip and two whips in the House of Representatives and a chief whip and a two deputy whips in the Senate.
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. [3] [4] [5]
She has served as one of her party's whips since October 2013 and was elected Chief Government Whip following Labor's return to government in 2022. [1] In September 2017, Ryan intervened in the preselection process for the state seat of Tarneit, calling on the ALP to expel candidate Intaj Khan. [8] In response, Khan threatened to sue her for ...
Wendy Morton is returning to the back benches almost a week after speculation she resigned in fury at the handling of a vote in the Commons, with the chaos leading to the fall of Liz Truss.
The Government Chief Whip has an official residence at 12 Downing Street, however their offices are located at 9 Downing Street. [1] The Chief Whip can wield great power over their party's MPs, including cabinet ministers, being seen to speak at all times on behalf of the Prime Minister. [2]
Australia’s new central bank chief, Michele Bullock, took the helm Monday after a firestorm of criticism over rising living costs engulfed the tenure of her predecessor.
The 47th Parliament of Australia is the current meeting of the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Australia, composed of the Australian Senate and the Australian House of Representatives. The May 2022 federal election gave the Australian Labor Party control of the House, with 77 seats, enough for a two-seat majority government .