Shane Rattenbury

Shane Rattenbury
Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory
Assumed office
4 November 2020
Preceded byGordon Ramsay
Minister for Consumer Affairs
Assumed office
November 2020
Minister for Water, Energy and Emissions Reduction
Assumed office
November 2020
Minister for Gaming
Assumed office
November 2020
Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability
In office
15 October 2016 – 4 November 2020
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAndrew Barr
Leader of the ACT Greens
Assumed office
20 October 2012
Preceded byMeredith Hunter
Minister for Corrections and Justice Health
In office
November 2012 – October 2020
Preceded byChris Bourke[a]
Succeeded byEmma Davidson
Minister for Corrections and Justice Health
In office
November 2012 – October 2020
Minister for Justice, Consumer Affairs and Road Safety
In office
November 2012 – October 2020
Preceded byNew portfolio
Succeeded byPortfolio abolished
Minister for Mental Health
In office
November 2016 – October 2020
Preceded byNew portfolio
Succeeded byEmma Davidson
Minister for Education
In office
January 2016 – October 2016
Preceded byJoy Burch[b]
Succeeded byYvette Berry[c]
Minister for Road Safety
In office
January 2016 – October 2016
Preceded byMick Gentleman[d]
Succeeded byHimself[e]
Minister assisting the Chief Minister on Transport Reform
In office
January 2015 – January 2016
Minister for Sport and Recreation
In office
July 2014 – 22 January 2016
Preceded byAndrew Barr
Succeeded byYvette Berry
Minister for Territory and Municipal Services
In office
November 2012 – January 2016
Preceded byKaty Gallagher
Succeeded byMeegan Fitzharris[f]
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 53)
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 an Australian politician who currently serves as the Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory 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 previously the Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly, and was the first Speaker in any parliament in the world representing a Green political party.[2]


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  1. ^ "Shane Rattenbury MLA". ACT Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  2. ^ Shane Rattenbury, Speaker (11 December 2008). "Inaugural Speeches" (PDF). Debates Weekly Hansard Seventh Assembly. Australian Capital Territory: Legislative Assembly. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2009.