New South Wales

<h2>Government</h2>
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<!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->Executive authority is vested in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Governor%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Governor%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGovernor%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="Governor of New South Wales (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvR292ZXJub3Jfb2ZfTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Governor of New South Wales</a>, who represents and is appointed by <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Queen%20Elizabeth%20II%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Elizabeth%20II%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BElizabeth%20II%7CQueen%20Elizabeth%20II%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II" class="mw-redirect">Queen Elizabeth II</a>. The current Governor is Her Excellency Professor <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Marie%20Bashir%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Marie%20Bashir%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMarie%20Bashir%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="Marie Bashir (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTWFyaWVfQmFzaGlyP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Marie Bashir</a>. The Governor commissions as Premier the leader of the parliamentary political party that can command a simple majority of votes in the Legislative Assembly. The Premier then recommends the appointment of other Members of the two Houses to the Ministry, under the principle of responsible or <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Westminster%20government%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Westminster%20system%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWestminster%20system%7CWestminster%20government%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="Westminster system (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvV2VzdG1pbnN0ZXJfc3lzdGVtP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Westminster government</a>. It should be noted, however, that as in other Westminster systems, there is no constitutional requirement in NSW for the Government to be formed from the Parliament—merely convention. The Premier is <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Barry%20O%27Farrell%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Barry%20O%27Farrell%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBarry%20O%27Farrell%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="Barry O'Farrell (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQmFycnlfTyUyN0ZhcnJlbGw/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Barry O'Farrell</a> of the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Liberal%20Party%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Liberal%20Party%20of%20Australia%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BLiberal%20Party%20of%20Australia%7CLiberal%20Party%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="Liberal Party of Australia (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTGliZXJhbF9QYXJ0eV9vZl9BdXN0cmFsaWE/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Liberal Party</a>.<span data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22Herald%20Sun%5C%22%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-Herald_Sun_0-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-Herald_Sun_0-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-636937236010bcd74c497%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ67d3b7bf35ae1ceb-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2240-636937236010bcd74c497%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ67d3b7bf35ae1ceb-nowiki-00000003-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-Herald_Sun-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-Herald_Sun-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2227%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2228%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" href="#cite_note-Herald_Sun-0"><span data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[&#x200b;</span>1<span data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]&#x200b;</span></a></sup>&#x200b;</span>
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Constitution</h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true">The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. Since 1901 New South Wales has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Australian%20Constitution%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Constitution%20of%20Australia%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BConstitution%20of%20Australia%7CAustralian%20Constitution%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="Constitution of Australia (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQ29uc3RpdHV0aW9uX29mX0F1c3RyYWxpYT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Australian Constitution</a> regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Under the Australian Constitution, New South Wales ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to the Commonwealth, but retained independence in all other areas. The New South Wales Constitution says: "The Legislature shall, subject to the provisions of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, have power to make laws for the peace, welfare, and good government of New South Wales in all cases whatsoever."
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Parliament</h3>
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<!-- RTE::{"spaces":0,"type":"LINE_BREAK"} -->The <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22State%20Parliament%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Parliaments%20of%20the%20Australian%20states%20and%20territories%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BParliaments%20of%20the%20Australian%20states%20and%20territories%7CState%20Parliament%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="Parliaments of the Australian states and territories (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUGFybGlhbWVudHNfb2ZfdGhlX0F1c3RyYWxpYW5fc3RhdGVzX2FuZF90ZXJyaXRvcmllcz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">State Parliament</a> is composed of the Sovereign and two houses: the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3ELegislative%20Assembly%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Assembly%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Assembly%7C%27%27Legislative%20Assembly%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="New South Wales Legislative Assembly (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX0xlZ2lzbGF0aXZlX0Fzc2VtYmx5P2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ=="><i>Legislative Assembly</i></a> (lower house), and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3ELegislative%20Council%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Council%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Council%7C%27%27Legislative%20Council%27%27%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="New South Wales Legislative Council (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX0xlZ2lzbGF0aXZlX0NvdW5jaWw/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x"><i>Legislative Council</i></a> (upper house). Elections are held every four years on the fourth Saturday of March, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22most%20recent%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20state%20election%2C%202011%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20state%20election%2C%202011%7Cmost%20recent%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="New South Wales state election, 2011 (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX3N0YXRlX2VsZWN0aW9uLF8yMDExP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">most recent</a> being on 26 March 2011. At each election one member is elected to the Legislative Assembly from each of 93 <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22electoral%20districts%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Assembly%20electoral%20districts%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20Legislative%20Assembly%20electoral%20districts%7Celectoral%20districts%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX0xlZ2lzbGF0aXZlX0Fzc2VtYmx5X2VsZWN0b3JhbF9kaXN0cmljdHM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">electoral districts</a> and half of the 42 members of the Legislative Council are elected by a statewide electorate.
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<h3 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Emergency services</h3>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true">New South Wales is policed by the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Police%20Force%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Police%20Force%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20Police%20Force%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="New South Wales Police Force (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX1BvbGljZV9Gb3JjZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">New South Wales Police Force</a>, a statutory authority. Established in 1862, the NSW Police Force investigates Summary and Indictable offences throughout the State of New South Wales. The state has two fire services: the volunteer based <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Rural%20Fire%20Service%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22New%20South%20Wales%20Rural%20Fire%20Service%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BNew%20South%20Wales%20Rural%20Fire%20Service%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="New South Wales Rural Fire Service (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzX1J1cmFsX0ZpcmVfU2VydmljZT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">New South Wales Rural Fire Service</a>, which is responsible for the majority of the state, and the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Fire%20and%20Rescue%20NSW%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Fire%20and%20Rescue%20NSW%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFire%20and%20Rescue%20NSW%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="Fire and Rescue NSW (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRmlyZV9hbmRfUmVzY3VlX05TVz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Fire and Rescue NSW</a>, a government agency responsible for protecting urban areas. There is some overlap due to suburbanisation. Ambulance services are provided through the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ambulance%20Service%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ambulance%20Service%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAmbulance%20Service%20of%20New%20South%20Wales%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="Ambulance Service of New South Wales (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQW1idWxhbmNlX1NlcnZpY2Vfb2ZfTmV3X1NvdXRoX1dhbGVzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Ambulance Service of New South Wales</a>. Rescue services (i.e. vertical, road crash, confinement) are a joint effort by all emergency services, with Ambulance Rescue, Police Rescue Squad and Fire Rescue Units contributing. Volunteer rescue organisations include the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Australian%20Volunteer%20Coast%20Guard%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Australian%20Volunteer%20Coast%20Guard%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAustralian%20Volunteer%20Coast%20Guard%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="Australian Volunteer Coast Guard (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQXVzdHJhbGlhbl9Wb2x1bnRlZXJfQ29hc3RfR3VhcmQ/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Australian Volunteer Coast Guard</a>, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22State%20Emergency%20Service%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22State%20Emergency%20Service%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BState%20Emergency%20Service%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="State Emergency Service (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvU3RhdGVfRW1lcmdlbmN5X1NlcnZpY2U/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">State Emergency Service</a> (SES), Surf Life Saving New South Wales and <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Volunteer%20Rescue%20Association%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Volunteer%20Rescue%20Association%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVolunteer%20Rescue%20Association%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="40-636937236010bcd74c497" class="new" title="Volunteer Rescue Association (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVm9sdW50ZWVyX1Jlc2N1ZV9Bc3NvY2lhdGlvbj9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Volunteer Rescue Association</a> (VRA).
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