Shane Rattenbury

Shane Rattenbury
Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory
Assumed office
4 November 2020
Chief MinisterAndrew Barr
Preceded byGordon Ramsay
Minister for Climate Change
In office
15 October 2016 – 4 November 2020
Chief MinisterAndrew Barr
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAndrew Barr
Leader of the ACT Greens
Assumed office
20 October 2012
Preceded byMeredith Hunter
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 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.