Reform bills killed off as Government rules out extra week for Parliament SA Premier Jay Weatherill, with Deputy Premier John Rau behind him, in Parliament. A RAFT of key reforms will lapse on Thursday because the Government has ruled out an extra week of Parliament before MPs break for the March state election. Parliament, which resumes tomorrow for three days, will not sit again until at least May. Bills on issues such as euthanasia, gay marriage and civil unions are set to run out of time and be lost when the parliamentary agenda is wiped clean for the election. Bills on Upper House voting, child protection and police surveillance face a race against time to become law by Thursday. The Government's carpark tax will not be introduced before the election because legislation will not be finalised until January. Opposition, minor party and independent MPs have called for the Government to take up the rarely used option of allowing Parliament to sit for another three days in the first week of December. Rex Jory: This election will be closer than we think But a spokesman for Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly, Jack Snelling, ruled that out. Parliament House staff say MPs have only sat during the optional week has been used only once in the past decade. Leader of the Opposition Steven Marshall with Vicki Chapman during Question Time. Attorney-General John Rau said he was "optimistic" key government laws could be dealt with this week but conceded that many private member's Bills had "run out of runway" and there was "no point" pursuing them further this year. MPs will have to reintroduce their Bills next year if they are re-elected in March. Some Labor MPs have unsuccessfully lobbied for more time to deal with private members' business. Some MPs have pushed for more sitting time while others are eager to finish their parliamentary duties and start return to their electorates to begin campaigning. Opposition Leader Steven Marshall wants another sitting week to interrogate the Government in Question Time ahead of the election. TELL US: Should MPs sit an extra week to try to pass the legislation? "There's an optional sitting week in December that the Government could take up and I think that, quite frankly, given the amount of work we've got to do and the amount of questions that we've got for the Government, that would be very much welcome," he said. Education Minister Jennifer Rankine during Question Time in Parliament. Family First MLC Robert Brokenshire wants the extra December sitting week plus two more weeks early next year in the lead-up to the election campaign. "I know the Government at the moment are running scared and just want to get out of Parliament," he said. But we're going to rise for five months, with no opportunity for scrutiny, and we're going to rush through legislation this week that may have unintended consequences. Mr Rau said the extra week would only be used in an "exceptional circumstance." "I don't foresee anything of that sort," he said. Mr Rau expected key government reforms, including changes to voting for Parliament's Upper House, to be dealt with this week. The Electoral (Legislative Council Voting) Amendment Bill was introduced to Parliament less than two weeks ago. Deputy opposition leader Vicki Chapman in Parliament. It proposes abolishing preferential voting and increasing the cost and red tape associated with nominating. This will make it harder for minor parties to win seats. The Bill is the Government's stated third priority for debate in the Upper House this week. "If we don't fix that up next week, we've missed an opportunity and we, all of us, will have ourselves to blame if we wind up with a dog's breakfast (in the Upper House) after the next election," Mr Rau said. Mr Marshall criticised the Government for introducing the Bill "extremely late" but said his MPs were "working as diligently as we possibly can to get that through" so it could take effect for the March poll. Mr Rau has often been critical of the time it takes MPs in the Upper House - known as Parliament's "House of Review" - to pass legislation. However, he said that in recent weeks he had detected "a change of attitude" and he was "optimistic we will clear a lot of the business that's been sitting on the notice paper for some time." He conceded there was added pressure to deal with a raft of reforms before the election. Legislation which is likely to be lost when time runs out includes proposals to: LEGALISE gay marriage, civil unions and euthanasia . GIVE gay couples rights to IVF treatment. REQUIRE adults holding parties for teenagers to obtain parental permission before serving alcohol. ESTABLISH "baby hatches " to allow at-risk mothers to safely surrender newborns. The Government's top priority in the Upper House this week is to pass the Surveillance Devices Bill, which aims to increase police powers to use audio and visual recording and data tracking . Its second priority is child protection notification laws that were recommended by former judge Bruce Debelle in his royal commission into the handling of sexual abuse cases in schools. Parliament is also considering legislation to tighten GPS tracking of child sex offenders. The Government has indicated it still wants to deal with laws proposing more medical help for firefighters who develop cancer as a result of their work, electronic monitoring of offenders and late payment of government debts to suppliers and contractors. Surveillance Devices Bill Children's Protection (Notification) Amendment Bill Electoral (Legislative Council Voting) Amendment Bill Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (SAMFS Firefighters) Amendment Bill Statutes Amendment (Electronic Monitoring) Bill Late Payment of Government Debts (Interest) Bill Ending Life with Dignity Bill Liquor Licensing (Supply to Minors) Amendment Bill Correctional Services (GPS Tracking for Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill Statutes Amendment (Decriminalisation of Sex Work) Bill Assisted Reproductive Treatment (Equality of Access) Amendment Bill Children's Protection (Lawful Surrender of Newborn Child) Amendment Bill Animal Welfare (Commercial Breeding of Companion Animals) Amendment Bill Civil Partnerships Bill