The Hon Kyam Maher

ALP · South Australia (SA)

Attorney-General Deputy Premier Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Minister for Arts Minister for Industrial Relations Special Minister of State

No longer serving — left March 2026

Official parliament profile

Bills introduced by Kyam Maher

SA Fines up to $20,000 for Unfairly Firing Staff or Discriminating in Trade; Bill Lets Employees Share Pay Info and Removes the 5-Day Cap on Minimum Sick and Carer's Leave

Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio - No 2) Bill 2026

court procedures criminal penalties employment rights environmental protection industrial relations public safety workplace health and safety

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA Court Powers to Restrict Vexatious Litigants

Supreme Court (Vexatious Litigants) Amendment Bill 2026

court orders court proceedings judicial administration legal abuse vexatious litigants

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA Crime Victims Can Apply to Change or Cancel Cemetery Burial Rights Held by Offenders

Burial and Cremation (Interment Rights) Amendment Bill 2026

burial grounds cemeteries cemetery management court procedures death care exhumation interment rights victim rights victim safety

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA Magistrates Court Can Hear Encroachment Cases and Unbilled Legal Costs Count as 'Benefit' for Summary Offences

Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio) Bill 2026

claim referrals court jurisdiction court procedures criminal justice land encroachment land use law practice sales legal costs professional licensing property disputes

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA Tribunal Must Keep Police Intelligence Secret, Therapy Notes Get More Court Protection, and Cooperating Witnesses Can Be Re-sentenced

Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio and Related Matters) Bill 2026

child safety confidentiality court procedures criminal intelligence criminal justice evidence information sharing justice law enforcement mental health road safety sentencing speed limits speeding offences +9 more

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA Expanded Definitions of Terrorist Acts and Offences

Statutes Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Bill 2026

bail crime national security preventative detention sentencing terrorism

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA Bill Lets Child Protection Restraining Orders Be Made Against Adults Who Live With or Visit Children

Criminal Procedure (Child Protection Restraining Orders) Amendment Bill 2026

child protection child safety court procedures youth justice

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA New Inspection and Enforcement Powers for Regulating Employment Agents

Employment Agents Bill 2026

business conduct employment agents labor market professional standards recruitment services regulatory oversight

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA Expanded Witness Protections and Recorded Evidence Rules for Victims of Serious Crimes

Evidence (Pre-trial Special Hearings) Amendment Bill 2026

child abuse court evidence domestic violence sexual offences stalking victim protection violent crime

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA Removal of Public Holiday Status for Sundays Before 2023

Statutes Amendment (Industrial Relations Portfolio) Bill 2026

explosives public holidays public safety

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA Governor Sets Terms for Election Leaders; Leaders Can Be Reappointed; Election Rule Deadline Moved to 2028

Electoral (Appointments and Expiry of Part 13A Modifications) Amendment Bill 2026

elections government accountability

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA New Court Powers and Evidence Rules for Child Sexual Offence Proceedings

Statutes Amendment (Criminal Procedure and Evidence) Bill 2026

child safety court appeals criminal procedure domestic abuse intervention orders sexual offences victim rights

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA Firefighters Who Get Cancer and Asbestos Disease Can Be Assumed To Have Got Sick From Firefighting If They Were a Firefighter For Long Enough

Return to Work (Presumptive Firefighter Injuries) Amendment Bill 2026

asbestos disease firefighters occupational cancer workplace health and safety

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent

SA Statutes Amendment (Attorney-General's Portfolio - No 2) Bill 2026

Legislative Council

House of Assembly

Assent