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October 7th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda 
Stately manor … Government House / Pic: Historic Houses Trust
Source: The Daily Telegraph
PREMIER Barry O’Farrell wants the next governor of NSW to come from country NSW, which is partly why he has moved the Governor back into the Government House official residence.
Senior government sources confirmed yesterday that Mr O’Farrell’s intention was that the state’s next governor would come from the bush when Marie Bashir finishes her term in 2014.
It would be the first country governor since World War II and possibly even the state’s first governor to come from the country, as many appointees before the war were from Britain.
The government and General Peter Cosgrove yesterday scotched speculation the General might be a contender for the post.
About $175,000 worth of work will be done to a historic four-bedroom, two-storey chalet adjacent to the Government House residence to allow Ms Bashir and her husband Sir Nicholas Shehadie to move from their home on Sydney’s north shore.
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A further larger refurbishment, expected to cost millions, is planned for the Vernon Wing of Government House to allow Ms Bashir to move in there.
The government could not put a figure on that refurbishment yesterday, saying only it would “go out to tender”.
Mr O’Farrell said his decision to move the Governor back into Government House was not ideological or pro-monarchist, but about having the Governor reside where people thought she should reside, while still allowing public access to the grounds.
His decision reverses that of former Labor premier Bob Carr, an ardent republican, who moved Gordon Samuels out of the residence in 1996 and opened it to the public.
“I’m not a republican, I’m not a hard and fast monarchist,” Mr O’Farrell said.
“I’m happy to vote for change one day, should that change offer me a better constitutional arrangement. I voted no last time because I didn’t think it did offer those better constitutional arrangements.”
Mr O’Farrell said Mr Carr had a “half good” idea when he decided to open up the grounds to public access.
“What Bob Carr couldn’t resist, though, was the added ideology of insisting that the governor not live here,” Mr O’Farrell said.
“At the end of the day, what I think we have here is a victory for common sense – Government House being returned as the home and office of the governor of NSW.”
Among those celebrating the move was Liberal Party state director and Englishman Mark Neeham, who posted on Twitter: “After 15 years, NSW Governor returns to Government House. Congratulations Premier. God Save the Queen,” in response to the news.
Mr Carr warned Mr O’Farrell last month on his blog that Sunday night concerts would not be able to continue in the grounds if Government House was a residence.
“The pressure is really on Premier O’Farrell,” Mr Carr wrote. “If he takes this unabashedly royalist stand he’ll be seen as a defiant hard-line conservative reversing what is now a popular initiative.”
But Mr O’Farrell has insisted that a governor can continue to live on the site while public functions and public visits go on.
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