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

The Leader of Government Business in the South Australian Legislative Council, commonly known as Leader of the Council, is responsible for the management of government business in the upper house of the Parliament of South Australia. The office is held by a member of the Cabinet of South Australia.[1]

Leader of Government Business in the South Australian Legislative Council
Incumbent
Rob Lucas

The Leader of Government Business, also known as Manager of Government Business, is responsible for managing and scheduling government business 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 government business leaders
Govt leader Term began Term ended Time in office
Gail Gago 2011 2016
Kyam Maher 18 January 2016 (2016-01-18) 18 March 2018 (2018-03-18) 2 years, 59 days
Rob Lucas 22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) incumbent 2 years, 324 days

See also

References
  1. "Cabinet of South Australia: Premier.sa.gov.au". Archived from the original on 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
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