38-488: (Redirected from WRAN ) Wran or WRAN may refer to: Neville Wran , 35th Premier of New South Wales and ALP President Thomas Wran , English-born architectural sculptor in Sydney, Australia WRAN (FM) , a radio station (97.3 FM) licensed to Taylorville, Illinois, United States WSVZ , a radio station (98.3 FM) licensed to Tower Hill, Illinois, United States that held
76-735: A QC and then as a Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales , to chair commissions of inquiry into police administration and gambling. He also undertook the state's largest capital works program and refurbished many iconic places in Sydney. His government also built the modern-day Darling Harbour precinct. In 1983, Wran faced the Street Royal Commission over claims by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ( ABC ) current affairs show Four Corners that he had tried to influence
114-402: A Labor premier came at a time when most Australian governments were held by conservative coalitions, a trend subsequently reversed in the early 1980s following the elections of Labor governments to both federal and state parliaments. During his 10 years as Premier of New South Wales, the government embarked on a program of reform and change. Priorities were public transport (with the exception of
152-546: A larger majority than any of the victories won by the Liberals' Sir Robert Askin in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1977, Wran supported Al Grassby , former Federal Immigration Minister, in allowing Domenico Barbaro, a Mafia figure in the Griffith region of New South Wales, back into Australia after having been earlier deported because of his criminal record. However, as journalist David Hickie explains, Wran attempted to undermine
190-736: A month after his divorce was finalised and three months after becoming Premier of New South Wales, Wran married Jill Hickson, and they had two children together. Wran and Hickson separated several times, first briefly in 2006, then in August 2011 after Hickson said she had been "frozen out" of her husband's personal affairs by his daughter Kim and his friend and business partner Albert Wong. They had reconciled by December 2011. A severe throat infection in 1980 required injections of teflon to strengthen his damaged vocal cords , resulting in his characteristic croaky voice. In his later years, Wran had dementia and from July 2012 had been under special care at
228-415: A prosperous port town, exporting cattle from the hinterland, in 2019, many residents were DIDO coal miners. In the 2006 census , the locality of St Lawrence and the surrounding area had a population of 195 people. In the 2011 census , the locality of St Lawrence had a population of 396 people. In the 2016 census , the locality of St Lawrence had a population of 235 people. In the 2021 census ,
266-436: A public library at 22 Railway Parade ( 22°21′04″S 149°31′24″E / 22.3510°S 149.5233°E / -22.3510; 149.5233 ( St Lawrence public library ) ). Christ Church Anglican is on Cannon Street at the junction with Macartney Street ( 22°20′45″S 149°32′16″E / 22.3458°S 149.5378°E / -22.3458; 149.5378 ( Christ Church Anglican ) ). It
304-548: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Neville Wran Neville Kenneth Wran , AC , CNZM , QC (11 October 1926 – 20 April 2014) was an Australian politician who was the Premier of New South Wales from 1976 to 1986. He was the national president of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1980 to 1986 and chairman of both
342-738: Is part of the Parish of North Rockhampton (also known as the All Saints Anglican Community) within the Anglican Church of Central Queensland . Each June, an annual eco festival called "Wetlands Weekend" is held in St Lawrence to celebrate the wetlands and local produce. First held in 2008 to raise awareness of the importance of wetland conservation , the event incorporates various cultural activities, workshops, environmental art, musical performances as well as
380-662: The Liberal Club , and from which he gained a Bachelor of Laws in 1948. He was admitted as a solicitor in 1951, called to the Bar in 1957, and became a Queen's Counsel in 1968. His great-grandfather, the eminent High Victorian architectural sculptor, Thomas Vallance Wran (1832-1891), whose carvings can be seen on the Martin Place front of the General Post Post Office, came from Chichester. Thomas Wran –
418-613: The Lionel Murphy Foundation and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) from 1986 to 1991. Wran was born in the Sydney suburb of Paddington , the eighth and last child of Joseph Wran and his wife Lillian (née Langley). He was educated at Nicholson Street Public School, Balmain , Fort Street Boys High and the University of Sydney , where he was a member of
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#1732798036310456-614: The General Secretary of the FMWU , Ray Gietzelt . He then challenged Pat Hills for the state leadership of the Labor Party (which Hills had held since 1968). In this challenge he had cross-faction support from right-wing powerbroker John Ducker and left-winger Jack Ferguson . There were two rounds to the leadership vote which resulted in a tie between Hills and Wran in the second ballot. However, under Labor Party rules of
494-532: The June 1983 ALP Annual Conference. At a press conference after announcing his departure Wran was asked what was his greatest achievement as premier. He answered, "saving the rainforests". Wran's first marriage was in 1946 at the age of 20, to Marcia Oliver, a showgirl at the New Tivoli Theatre . Oliver had a young son, whom Wran adopted, and they had one other child together, actress Kim Wran. In 1976,
532-668: The Lulworth House aged care facility in Elizabeth Bay . He died there on Easter Sunday , 20 April 2014 at the age of 87. He was survived by his wife Jill and four children. A state funeral was held at the Sydney Town Hall on 1 May 2014. On 12 May 2016, the name of Neville Wran was found in the Panama Papers (which also named then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ), due to his former directorship of
570-646: The Mossack Fonseca-incorporated company Star Technology Systems Limited . Wran resigned from that position in 1995. A report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation notes that "There is no suggestion of any wrongdoing by either Mr Turnbull or Mr Wran." St Lawrence, Queensland St Lawrence is a rural town and locality in the Isaac Region , Queensland , Australia. In the 2021 census ,
608-505: The St Lawrence Police Station) until the opening of the meatworks in 1893 attracted sufficient residents to establish a church. In March 1898, Vicar Arthur Henry Julius purchased 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land at the end of Macartney Street (the main street through the town) where he said the church would be "conspicuous". The foundation block for Christ Church Anglican was laid on Saturday 21 May 1898 by Thomas Byrnes ,
646-620: The WRAN call sign from 1997 to 2014 WRAN-LP , a defunct low-power radio station (100.1 FM) formerly licensed to Randolph, Vermont, United States IEEE 802.22 , a standard for Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) using white spaces in the TV frequency spectrum See also [ edit ] Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS), a non-combat branch of the Royal Australian Navy that recruited women Topics referred to by
684-573: The Warringah Transport Corridor which was cancelled despite a recommendation by Justice Michael Kirby that it be built), the environment, consumer protection and job creation. He also achieved significant electoral institutional reform such as a democratic Legislative Council, four-year terms, public funding and disclosure laws and a pecuniary interests register for members of parliament. He called on Edwin Lusher , firstly while
722-660: The area began circa 1860 when John Arthur Macartney established Waverley pastoral station. The township of St Lawrence was originally established to maintain the Customs Office for the Port of St Lawrence. It takes its name from one of the blocks on the Waverley pastoral station. The St Lawrence State School opened on 28 May 1871. Anglican services were held quarterly in the St Lawrence Courthouse (now
760-828: The bill passed the NSW Parliament . This was the first time in NSW history a conscience vote was both introduced and passed by the NSW Parliament. Wran resigned both the premiership and his seat in Parliament on 4 July 1986, after continuously holding office longer than any other premier in the history of New South Wales until that time (10 years and 81 days). Bob Carr has since broken that record. ( Henry Parkes served longer than both Wran and Carr in total, serving for 11 years and 278 days over five terms between 1872 and 1891.) The by-election for Wran's seat of Bass Hill
798-479: The chamber). The Opposition Leader, Bruce McDonald , failed to be elected to the seat that he contested, marking the second time in a row that an Opposition Leader had failed to be elected to Parliament. Labor also reduced the Liberals to 14 seats, the same as its nominal junior partner, the National Country Party . He won a fourth term in 1984; although he suffered an 11-seat swing, he still won
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#1732798036310836-484: The influence of organised crime, particularly in the area of illegal casinos. Wran was also very popular, at one stage rating over 80 per cent approval in opinion polls. He was often talked about as a national political leader and rated highly in national polls as an alternative Labor Leader to Bill Hayden . He featured in Hayden's 1980 federal election campaign, along with Bob Hawke . Wran's first half of his tenure as
874-486: The locality of St Lawrence had a population of 245 people. St Lawrence has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: St Lawrence State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at Macartney Street ( 22°20′42″S 149°31′47″E / 22.3449°S 149.5297°E / -22.3449; 149.5297 ( St Lawrence State School ) ). In 2015, it had an enrolment of 10 students with 2 teachers (1 equivalent full-time). In 2018,
912-487: The locality of St Lawrence had a population of 245 people. St Lawrence is located 802 kilometres (498 mi) north of Brisbane and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) off the Bruce Highway .The town is located south of St Lawrence Creek, which flows into a vast bay known as Broad Sound , a waterway noted for its large tidal range (up to 9 metres (30 ft) in the summer). The North Coast railway line passes through
950-510: The magistracy over the 1977 committal of Kevin Humphreys , who had been charged with misappropriation of funds. He was completely exonerated, and sued the ABC for defamation. His Corrective Services Minister, Rex Jackson , was jailed in 1987 for accepting bribes for the early release of prisoners. In 1984, Neville Wran introduced a private members bill to decriminalise adult gay male sex, and
988-488: The new Queensland Premier (and Queensland's first Roman Catholic Premier). The church was designed by Rockhampton architect, Alfred Mowbray Hutton , to seat around 100 people with a classroom for Sunday School and a bedroom for visiting clergy. The contractors were Newman Bros of Rockhampton. The St Lawrence Library opened in 2001. St Lawrence was the administrative centre of the Shire of Broadsound until 2008, when
1026-453: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wran . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wran&oldid=1050624014 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1064-466: The school had an enrolment of 9 students with 2 teachers (1 full-time equivalent) and 6 non-teaching staff (2 full-time equivalent). The school motto is 'Knowledge, Truth, Honesty'. The original school was opened on 28 May 1871 but it was completely destroyed by a cyclone on 22 January 1874 and had to be rebuilt. A new school building was officially opened on 17 June 1938. The school was completely destroyed by fire on 30 October 2007. A mobile classroom
1102-601: The shire was amalgamated with the Shire of Belyando and the Shire of Nebo to form the Isaac Region local government area. Moranbah is the administrative centre of the new region but the former Broadsound Shire offices at 36 Macartney Street are still used as the local offices of the Isaac Regional Council. The building was described in 2004 as "a disarmingly elegant building which seems quite out of place in this otherwise undistinguished town". Once
1140-463: The slogan "Wran's our Man", his government won a 13-seat swing, popularly known as the "Wranslide". This came on the back of 57.7 percent of the primary vote, the largest primary vote for any party in a century. The Opposition Leader on that occasion, Peter Coleman , lost his seat. In 1981, Wran won a second "Wranslide", picking up a six-seat swing for what is still NSW Labor's largest proportion of seats in Parliament (69 out of 99 seats, 69.7 percent of
1178-711: The surname is Austrian – settled initially at St Lawrence, Queensland , before he established himself in Caroline Street, Balmain, in 1872. Wran began his political career in 1970 when he became a member of the upper house of the Parliament of New South Wales , the Legislative Council . Three years afterwards, he moved to the lower house, the Legislative Assembly , in the seat of Bass Hill . Support for this move had been organised by
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1216-566: The testimony of other involved officers and former licensing magistrate James Swanson, stated on camera their belief that Saffron ordered the crime, which was swiftly and systematically covered up by corrupt police and government figures. It was alleged by the program that the motive was control of the valuable harbourside land next to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and with unobstructed views of the Sydney Opera House. It
1254-495: The time, in the event of a tie in the second ballot, the candidate who won the most votes in the first ballot would be the winner. Since Wran had won one vote more than Hills in the first ballot, Wran was therefore declared the new leader. In May 1976, six months after Gough Whitlam 's federal Labor government's dismissal, Wran led Labor to victory, narrowly defeating the Liberal Party premier, Sir Eric Willis . Wran's win
1292-560: The town, which is served by St Lawrence railway station . Newport is a neighbourhood within the locality, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south-east of the town ( 22°22′07″S 149°33′57″E / 22.3686°S 149.5658°E / -22.3686; 149.5658 ( Newport ) ). St Lawrence is located on Koinmerburra Country; the Custodians of this land are the Koinjmal People. British settlement in
1330-664: Was narrowly won by Michael Owen for the Liberal Party–a harbinger of his party's heavy defeat at the state election two years later. In March 2021, ABC Television broadcast an investigative documentary series, "The Ghost Train Fire" as a second series of the Exposed program which directly implicated Saffron in an arson plot at "Luna Park Sydney" in 1979, resulting in the deaths of seven people, six of them children.[3] Former senior police officers Steve Bullock and Paul Egge, supported by
1368-562: Was not assured until it became clear that Gosford and Hurstville had fallen to Labor by only 74 and 44 votes respectively, giving Wran a one-seat majority. In 1978, the former premier resigned causing a by-election to be held for the seat of Earlwood, which had been held by the Liberal party for three decades. Labor won the by-election, beating the Liberal Candidate Alan Jones . Later that year, campaigning with
1406-558: Was the intention of Saffron and associate Jack Rooklyn, a poker-machine promoter, to gain control of and redevelop the Luna Park site. NSW premiers Robert Askin and Neville Wran have been named as corrupt close associates of Saffron, along with the police commissioner Norman "Bill" Allan, the High Court justice Lionel Murphy and lawyer Morgan Ryan, among others. Wran is remembered by the phrase "Balmain boys don't cry" in his speech at
1444-432: Was transported from Brisbane as the school's permanent replacement. A wishing well handcrafted by Jack Dempsey was installed at the site and dedicated in 2008 in remembrance of the previous school building. St Lawrence State School celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2021. There is no secondary school in St Lawrence nor nearby. Distance education and boarding school are options. The Isaac Regional Council operates
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