Shane Rattenbury

Shane Rattenbury
Leader of the ACT Greens
Assumed office
20 October 2012
Preceded byMeredith Hunter
Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory
Assumed office
4 November 2020
Preceded byGordon Ramsay
Minister for Climate Change
In office
15 October 2016 – 4 November 2020
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAndrew Barr
5th Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly
In office
5 November 2008 – 6 November 2012
DeputyMary Porter
Preceded byWayne Berry
Succeeded byVicki Dunne
Member of the
ACT Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
18 October 2008
ConstituencyKurrajong
Molonglo (2008-2016)
Personal details
Born (1971-08-25) 25 August 1971 (age 52)
Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyGreens
Alma materAustralian National University
OccupationPolitician
Websitegreens.org.au/act/person/shane-rattenbury

Shane Stephen Rattenbury (born 25 August 1971), is the Attorney-General of the ACT and former Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly, and a member of the multi-member district unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Molonglo from 2008 to 2016 and the electorate of Kurrajong since 2016 for the ACT Greens.[1] He was the first Speaker in any Parliament in the world representing a Green political party.[2]

  1. ^ "Shane Rattenbury MLA". ACT Legislative Assembly. 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Shane Rattenbury: Inaugural Speech". ACT Hansard. ACT Legislative Assembly. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2009.

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