{"id":56183,"date":"2025-08-09T20:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/56183\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T20:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:59:17","slug":"independent-mlc-takes-role-to-lead-government-business-in-the-upper-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/56183\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent MLC takes role to lead government business in the Upper House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Independent MLC Tania Rattray has accepted Premier Jeremy Rockliff\u2019s invitation to become Leader for the Government in Tasmania\u2019s Legislative Council.<\/p>\n

The long-serving McIntyre representative, who has served in the upper house for more than two decades, will lead government legislation through the Legislative Council while maintaining her independent status.<\/p>\n

Premier Rockliff described the appointment as a move to enhance collaboration in the new Parliament<\/p>\n

\u201cMs Rattray has been representing regional Northern Tasmania for more than 20 years and is one of the longest serving members of Tasmania\u2019s house of review,\u201d Rockliff said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Rattray will maintain her independent status while leading government bills. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are enhancing collaboration as part of the new Parliament, with Ms Rattray\u2019s appointment marking a step forward in achieving that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rattray said she was honoured to take on the important role, saying that Tasmanians are seeking collaborative approaches from their elected representatives.<\/p>\n

\"\"Tasmanians are seeking collaborative approaches from politicians. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people of Tasmania are asking for sensible approaches to work collaboratively, and that\u2019s exactly what I am committed to delivering in accepting this position,\u201d Rattray said.<\/p>\n

She said that her appointment, while unusual, is not unprecedented in Tasmanian politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver my time serving as a Member of Parliament I have witnessed a number of changes in roles that have not been traditionally held by a person from a certain political persuasion and an appointment of this nature is not unprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am focused on the role I can play, contributing to the efficient functioning of the Legislative Council and the Parliament in the best interests of all Tasmanians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Rattray has served in Tasmania\u2019s upper house for over 20 years. Image \/ Pulse<\/p>\n

Rattray will continue representing her electorate with input into legislative review while taking on the additional responsibility of shepherding government bills through the upper house.<\/p>\n

Liberal Member for Prosser, Kerry Vincent, has been appointed Deputy Leader of Government Business in the Legislative Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Independent MLC Tania Rattray has accepted Premier Jeremy Rockliff\u2019s invitation to become Leader for the Government in Tasmania\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-56183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}