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. The office is held by a member of the Cabinet of South Australia.
Being the representative of the government in the upper house, the Leader of the Government takes a major part in debates in parliament. 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
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