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The Division of Lowe was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was located in the inner western suburbs of Sydney , on the south shore of the Parramatta River . It included the suburbs of Drummoyne , Five Dock , Croydon , Croydon Park , Burwood , Enfield , Homebush , Strathfield , Concord , Rhodes , Canada Bay ...
Lowe Parish is a civil Parish of Napier County, New South Wales. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The parish is on the Coolaburragundy River and the economy is based on agriculture .
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Lowe in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 2010. Members [ edit ]
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1843 to 1851. [1] [2] The 1843 Electoral Act prescribed 36 members, 24 to be elected, 6 appointed by virtue of their office (Colonial Secretary, Colonial Treasurer, Auditor-General, Attorney General, Commander of the forces and Collector of Customs) [3] and 6 nominated.
The Closer Settlement Acts (NSW) were introduced by the New South Wales parliament between 1901 and 1909 to reform land holdings and in particular to break the squatters' domination of land tenure. The Acts included the Closer Settlement Acts of 1901 and 1904, and the Closer Settlement (Amendment) Acts of 1906 and 1907
The Labor government introduced two weeks of annual paid leave for most NSW workers in 1944, and the 40-hour working week was implemented by 1947. The post-war economic boom brought near-full employment and rising living standards, and the government engaged in large spending programs on housing, dams, electricity generation and other ...
The executive government (called the NSW Government) comprises 11 portfolios, led by a ministerial department and supported by several agencies. There are also a number of independent agencies that fall under a portfolio but remain at arms-length for political reasons, such as the Independent Commission Against Corruption and Electoral Commission .
Griffith is a major regional city in the north-western Riverina region of New South Wales, known commonly as the food bowl of Australia.It is also the seat of the City of Griffith local government area.