 Evicted from Government House by Bob Carr in 1996, ACM is calling for the return of the Governor of New South Wales to Government House in Sydney. To find out more about the campaign, including the power-grab that was behind the Governor's eviction, you can read our coverage below. To get involved, be sure to download and read our Return The Governor brochure.
This section begins with a series on the role and function of the Governor. This is followed by reports on the eviction.
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Written by Professor David Flint AM
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Saturday, 26 November 2005 |
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In our last column, we recalled Bob Carr’s ham-fisted decision tho throw the Governor out of Government House and make the office part time. All of the alleged advantages of the decision - cost and accessibility have been shown to be wrong. Costs have spiralled, the House is no more accessible than it could be with the Governor in residence, and the Governor spends an inordinate time in Sydney’s traffic jams. Nobody who lives outside of Sydney can ever be made Governor. |
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Written by Professor David Flint AM
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Friday, 25 November 2005 |
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In a bombshell admission, the former NSW Premier, Hon. Bob Carr has thrown new light on his extraordinary decision to throw the Governor out of Government House. In 1996, during the Keating led euphoria of a republic whose early birth was deemed inevitable by Australia’s elites, Carr decided he would make his mark on republican history. He would not only throw the Governor out of his home, Government House, he would make the office part time! Those ceremonial functions the Premier deemed “excessive, irrelevant and unbecoming” would be removed. |
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