Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council (South Australia) explained

Post:	Leader of the Government in the South Australian Legislative Council
Incumbent:	Kyam Maher
Incumbentsince:	24 March 2022

The Leader of the Government in the South Australian Legislative Council, commonly known as Leader of the Council and also called Leader of Government Business or Manager of Government Business, is the chief representative of the government in the upper house of the Parliament of South Australia. The leader is also responsible for the management of government business in the chamber.^[1] The office is held by a member of the Cabinet of South Australia.^[2]

Being the representative of the government in the upper house, the Leader of the Government takes a major part in debates in parliament.^[1] In terms of managing and scheduling government business, the Leader of the Government is responsible including:

• the order in which government issues are to be dealt with
• tactical matters in reaction to impediments to such management
• negotiation with their opposition counterpart (the Manager of Opposition Business) about the order in which bills are to be debated, and
• time allotted for debate.

List of leaders of the government

Govt leader		Term began	Term ended	Time in office
		Rob Lucas	14 February 1993	5 March 2002
		Paul Holloway	2002	2011
		Bernard Finnigan	February 2011	21 April 2011
		Gail Gago	2011	2016
		Kyam Maher
		Rob Lucas
		Kyam Maher		incumbent

See also

• Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly (South Australia)
• Leader of Government Business (disambiguation)
• Cabinet of South Australia
• Government of South Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: People in Parliament - Legislative Council. Parliament of South Australia. 9 May 2022.
2. Web site: Cabinet of South Australia: Premier.sa.gov.au . 2017-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180129172057/https://www.premier.sa.gov.au/index.php/the-team . 2018-01-29 . dead .