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The Legislative Council is a pre-fabricated cast-iron building, initially shipped to Melbourne from Glasgow, Scotland, before being sent to Sydney as one of the two parliamentary chambers and is still a seat of government in NSW today.
The State Government Office Block was the culmination of a much grander and ambitious plan by the NSW Government of Bob Heffron to remodel and redevelop Macquarie Street and Parliament House into a grand modernist-style government precinct, including several new office towers for the state government. [1]
The displacement is a result of the gentrification of the area as the NSW Government saw an opportunity to sell state-owned assets with the increase in house prices in the area. [16] Following the announcement of the sale, Friends of Millers Point was created; a coalition of supporters that opposed the forced relocation of residents.
The NSW Supreme Court ordered re-run elections in Kempsey, Singleton and Shellharbour Ward A. In Kempsey, the highest placed non-elected candidate from 2021, Dean Saul, was instead one the first councillors elected. [22] This failure caused the NSW Government to suspend the iVote system from use in the 2023 New South Wales state election.
In response, the State Government threatened to remove the council's planning powers for the Rouse Hill Development Area if planning approval was not granted. [44] Member for the then- State electorate of The Hills , Michael Richardson , submitted a Freedom of Information request for the draft report on 3 November 2000.
In the late 1980s, the building was earmarked by the NSW Government as one of the possible sites for conversion into a casino. A permanent conservation order covering the premises was passed by the Heritage Council of New South Wales in order to protect the building from unsympathetic development. [1]
The Government of New South Wales, which is formally referred to as His Majesty's Government is defined by the Constitution of New South Wales (1902) as the Queen acting on the advice of the Executive Council, or sometimes the Governor-in-Council, referring to the Governor as the King's representative.
NSW Public Works (or New South Wales Public Works) is a statutory agency of the Government of New South Wales that is responsible for providing expert advice to government and professional services, as well as government agency clients in New South Wales, Australia.