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The IPART proposed a series of council mergers and amalgamation in both metropolitan and regional areas which proposed a reduction in the number of councils from 152 to 112. [11] The NSW Government invited local government authorities to respond by 20 November 2015. Public response to the proposed amalgamations was mixed. [12]
An Act to unite the City of Sydney and certain areas and to constitute the united area as a city; to unite certain other areas or areas and parts of areas and to constitute the united areas as municipalities; to reconstitute the Sydney County Council; to repeal the Sydney Corporation Act 1932, and certain other Acts; to amend the Local Government Act 1919, and certain other Acts in certain ...
Formed from the Northcott Municipal Council and renamed as the South Sydney Municipal Council, this council was abolished in 1982 and merged into the City of Sydney. The South Sydney City Council was created in 1989, which was later merged into the City of Sydney in 1992. [50] [51] St Leonard's: Municipality 13 May 1867 29 July 1890
On 12 May 2016, following a further review by the Minister for Local Government and the independent Local Government Boundaries Commission, Premier Mike Baird announced Stage 1 starting with 19 new councils, through amalgamations and mergers, with immediate effect. The Minister indicated in principle support to create a further nine new ...
The electricity reforms of 1945 cast a long shadow of the state's remaining electricity county councils. Section 12 of the Electricity Development Act 1945 (1946 No 13), provided that the Governor may, by proclamation, change the boundaries of a county council. [79] The NSW Parliament passed the Sydney Electricity Act, in December 1990.
The council was formed on 12 May 2016 from a merger of the City of Canterbury and the City of Bankstown, [3] after a review of local government areas by the NSW Government. The City of Canterbury Bankstown comprises an area of 110.8 square kilometres (42.8 sq mi) and as per the 2021 census , had a population of 371,006 making it the second most ...
The council mergers have resulted in widespread job losses and lingering resentment from some whose roles have experienced a larger workload. [ 15 ] The growth of the Regional Organisations of Councils has also been a factor in local government reform in Australia. [ 15 ]
The South Sydney City Council was a local government area covering the inner-eastern and inner-Southern Sydney suburbs of Sydney. It was forcibly merged with the Sydney City Council by the Government of New South Wales in 2004. The council chambers were located in the Erskineville Town Hall, with the administrative offices at Joynton Avenue in ...