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July 1946: "the government has decided to enquire into the possibility of making areas more comprehensive. I know there will be criticism and this is a very controversial subject, but I urge you to take the broad view. A council with a small income cannot provide for the essential requirements of its citizens. Remember councils are not isolated or individual units to-day, but are part of a composite whole. This country needs to be developed, and if we are to hold it we need not seven million people, but thirty-seven or for forty-seven million. We believe we have the potential wealth for such a population and a start has to be made in planning to accommodate them."
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219:, who was also the Member for Granville, making the unprecedented step of making representations in the committee stage of the bill, calling the bill a ""flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of the democratic system" which was a reference to the Council's decision to amalgamate Granville Council into Parramatta instead of the other way round.
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by the third commissioner, Ronald Storey, the Mayor of
Drummoyne, recommended reducing 66 councils to 34, a more modest target compared to the majority's recommendation of 66 to 18. A more ambitious plan to create eight entirely new cities in the County of Cumberland (known as the "Eight Cities Plan"), was progressed by the second commissioner,
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Commission initially recommended much more ambitious targets for amalgamations, including a City of Sydney that included all councils from Ashfield and Marrickville to Botany, Randwick and Vaucluse and north to include North Sydney and Mosman. A minority report authored
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Legislative Assembly was used by the Government to prevent the opposition from trying to push through unfavourable amendments on this number within a specially convened select committee. The bill
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Royal
Commission on Local Government Boundaries, that Local Government reform would assist this process of improving state infrastructure and community facilities. This vision for a local government reform agenda, including large-scale amalgamations, was made clear during a speech in Wollongong in
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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
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551:"4895 Royal Commission on Local Government Boundaries"
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689:. New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1947. p. 5
577:"More Local Government Powers Require Larger Areas"
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863:"LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AREAS) ACT 1948 – SCHEDULE 1"
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605:""COMPLACENCY" ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALLEGED"
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1198:Local government areas of New South Wales
164:Local Government Areas of New South Wales
1208:History of local government in Australia
16:Act of the Parliament of New South Wales
867:New South Wales Repealed Acts – AustLII
849:Local Government Law in New South Wales
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210:The text of the bill as passed by the
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243:, with the electorates renumbered.
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922:Local Government (Areas) Act 1948
709:"14 AREAS IN GREATER SYDNEY PLAN"
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24:Local Government (Areas) Act 1948
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1042:Darlington
1037:Alexandria
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331:(A Riding)
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281:Paddington
265:Darlington
261:Alexandria
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1127:St Peters
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1052:The Glebe
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515:Liverpool
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421:Petersham
417:St Peters
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347:Fairfield
301:Granville
273:The Glebe
217:Bill Lamb
1167:Vaucluse
1162:Eastwood
1157:Richmond
1117:Lidcombe
1097:St Marys
1072:Waterloo
1028:Councils
989:Rockdale
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930:Councils
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485:Eastwood
473:Richmond
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379:Lidcombe
325:St Marys
289:Waterloo
148:Repealed
68:Citation
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1122:Enfield
1067:Redfern
1057:Newtown
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478:Windsor
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410:Burwood
404:Enfield
391:Enfield
335:Penrith
285:Redfern
277:Newtown
145:Status:
119:Repeals
1152:Mascot
1137:Bexley
1102:Nepean
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969:Auburn
964:Camden
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