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Royal North Shore Hospital
The Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located in St Leonards. It serves as a teaching hospital for Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney, University of Technology and Australian Catholic University and has over 600 beds. RNSH is the principal tertiary referral hospital for the Northern Sydney Local Health District. It is also a major Trauma Centre which provides specialised services in the areas of severe burns, neonatal intensive care, spinal cord injury and interventional radiology. The Kolling Institute of Medical Research is a health and medical research centre with a focus on research training. Its primary referral area accommodates 5.7% of the Australian population or 17% of the NSW population. RNSH was ranked as the third best hospital in Australia, based on the Newsweek ''2023 World's Best Hospitals'' list. History Foundation The RNSH began as a cottage hospital located in Willoughby Road, Crows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Leonards, New South Wales
St Leonards is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. St Leonards is located north-west of the Sydney central business district and lies across the local government areas of Municipality of Lane Cove, North Sydney Council and the City of Willoughby. History St Leonards was named after English statesman Viscount Sydney of St Leonards. Originally, St Leonards applied to the whole area from the present suburb of North Sydney to Gore Hill. The township of St Leonards in 1883 is now North Sydney. The oldest railway station on the North Shore line opened in 1890 in St Leonards and originally only ran to Hornsby. The Gore Hill cemetery was established on the Pacific Highway in 1868 and was the main burial site for the area until its closure in 1975. It is still maintained as a heritage site by the Department of Local Government and Lands, Willoughby Municipal Council and the Heritage Council of New South Wales. Heritage list ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Parkes
Sir Henry Parkes, (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896) was a colonial Australian politician and longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, the present-day state of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia. He has been referred to as the "Father of Federation" due to his early promotion for the federation of the six colonies of Australia, as an early critic of British convict transportation and as a proponent for the expansion of the Australian continental rail network. Parkes delivered his famous Tenterfield Oration in 1889, which yielded a federal conference in 1890 and a Constitutional Convention in 1891, the first of a series of meetings that led to the federation of Australia. He died in 1896, five years before this process was completed. He was described during his lifetime by ''The Times'' as "the most commanding figure in Australian politics". Alfred Deakin described Sir Henry Parkes as having flaws but nonetheless being "a large-brain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Ryde
The City of Ryde is a local government area in the Northern Sydney region, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It was first established as the Municipal District of Ryde in 1870, became a municipality in 1906 and was proclaimed as the City of Ryde in 1992. The local government area extends from the Parramatta River to the Lane Cove River which encircles the area in the north, and is bounded in the east by the peninsula of Hunters Hill and the City of Parramatta in the west. The City comprises an area of and as at the had an estimated population of . The Mayor of the City of Ryde since 11 January 2022 is Cr. Sarkis Yedelian OAM a member of the Liberal Party. Suburbs and localities in the local government area The following suburbs and localities are within the City of Ryde: * Chatswood West (shared with City of Willoughby) * Denistone * Denistone East * Denistone West * East Ryde * Eastwood (shared with City of Parramatta Council) * Gladesville (shared wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Willoughby
The City of Willoughby is a local government area on the Lower North Shore of Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located north of the Sydney central business district. It was first proclaimed in October 1865 as the ''Municipality of North Willoughby''. The main commercial centre of the City of Willoughby is Chatswood, home to one of Sydney's suburban skyscraper clusters. Other commercial centres are the suburbs of Willoughby, St Leonards and Artarmon. Willoughby is situated on an elevated plateau, and all of Sydney's television stations broadcast from towers in the area. Within the City of Willoughby is the Royal North Shore Hospital, located at St Leonards, one of Sydney's major hospitals. Suburbs in the local government area Suburbs and Localities in the City of Willoughby are: Heritage listings The City of Willoughby has a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * Artarmon, 559 Pacific Highway: Chatswood Reservoirs No. 1 and No. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Sydney Council
North Sydney Council is a local government area on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, established on 29 July 1890 through the amalgamation of three boroughs. The area is bounded by Willoughby to the north and north-west, Northern Beaches to the north-east, Mosman to the east, Lane Cove to the west and ''Sydney Harbour'' to the south. It covers an area of approximately and as at the had an estimated population of . The administrative seat of North Sydney Council is located in the suburb of North Sydney, approximately north of the Sydney central business district. The Mayor of North Sydney Council is Cr. Zoë Baker, an independent politician, first elected on 10 January 2022. Suburbs and localities in the local government area Suburbs serviced by North Sydney Council are: History The area now covered by North Sydney Council originally comprised three municipalities: the Borough of East St Leonards from 1860 (Kirribilli, Cremorne Point, Milson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosman Municipal Council
Mosman Council is a local government area on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Mayor of Mosman Council is Cr. Carolyn Corrigan, a representative of the Serving Mosman independent political group since 9 September 2017. Suburbs and localities in the local government area * Mosman In February 1997, the Government gazetted that they had assigned the suburb of Mosman as the only suburb in the Municipality of Mosman. However, Mosman Council decided that residents should continue to be allowed to use the traditional locality names if they wished. The municipality also includes, manages and maintains the following localities and locations: Demographics At the , there were people in the Mosman local government area, of these 46.3 per cent were male and 53.7 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2 per cent of the population, significantly below the NSW and Australian averages of 2.9 and 2.8 per cent respectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Lane Cove
The Lane Cove Council is a Local government in Australia, local government area located on the North Shore (Sydney), Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The administrative seat of Lane Cove, New South Wales, Lane Cove is located north-west of the Sydney central business district. The Mayor of Lane Cove Council since 10 January 2022 is Councillor, Cr. Andrew Zbik, the first mayor of Lane Cove representing the Australian Labor Party. Location On the western and southern borders is the Lane Cove River with the City of Ryde, Ryde and Municipality of Hunter's Hill, Hunter's Hill, across the river on the western and southern banks respectively. To the north is the City of Willoughby, Willoughby and to the east is North Sydney Council, North Sydney. Suburbs and localities in the local government area Suburbs in the Municipality of Lane Cove are: Localities in the municipality are: * Blaxlands Corner, New South Wales, Blaxlands Corner * Gore Hill, New South W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Parking
Wilson Parking () is a Hong Kong-based car parking management company. It first opened for business in Perth, Western Australia in 1962, currently operates in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and Mainland China. In Hong Kong, it manages some 400 car parks with 103,000 bays. Wilson Parking in Hong Kong and Mainland China are wholly owned subsidiaries of Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited. Its head office is in the World Trade Centre (世界貿易中心) in Causeway Bay. Company overview Wilson Parking (Holdings) Limited () is a wholly owned subsidiary of thWilson Group Limited It was established in Hong Kong in 1983, Wilson Group was acquired by Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited in 1991. Parking schemes include Hourly, Day Park, Night Park, 12-hour Park, 24-hour Park, Max Park, Quarterly and also Reserved and Non-reserved monthly parking. Portfolio The Company covers full parking services in Hong Kong: * Government * Quasi-Government * Housing estates * Hospit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ISS Facility Services
ISS A/S (International Service System) is a facility management services company founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1901. ISS's core services include: security, cleaning, technical, food and workplace. The ISS Group’s revenue amounted to DKK 69.823 billion in 2020 and ISS has nearly 400,000 employees and activities in countries across Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America and the Pacific. History 1901 ISS was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark as a small security company with 20 night watchmen named København-Frederiksberg Nattevagt (Copenhagen-Frederiksberg Night Watch). 1934 ISS entered the cleaning business with the establishment of Det Danske Rengørings Selskab (The Danish Cleaning Company) as an independent subsidiary of the security company. 1946 The first geographical expansion outside Denmark: Swedish subsidiary established. 1968 The company adopted the ISS name. 1973 Overseas expansion started. 1975 Group revenue reached DKK 1 billion. 1971 The firm expan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thiess (company)
Thiess Pty Ltd is an international mining services company based in Brisbane, Australia. Established in the 1930s as Horn & Thiess, the company later became Thiess Bros and Thiess Contractors before being bought by Leighton Holdings in 1983 to become part of the CIMIC Group. Thiess' headquarters are located in the Thiess Centre in South Bank in the Brisbane CBD near the TAFE Brisbane City campus. Following restructuring within CIMIC in 2014 and the merger of several international Leighton businesses into Thiess, the company claims to have become the largest contract mining services provider in the world. History Thiess was founded as Horn & Thiess in 1933 by Henry Horn and Leslie Thiess with headquarters in Toowoomba. Initially the business focused on road-building and earth moving but subsequently expanded into dam construction, open cut mining and other forms of civil engineering. After other members of the Thiess family bought Horn out, it was renamed Thiess Bros. In 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABN AMRO
ABN or abn may refer to: Companies * ABN AMRO Group, a Dutch bank group * ABN AMRO, sometimes referred to as "ABN" in shorthand, is a Dutch state-owned bank * Algemene Bank Nederland, a now-defunct Dutch bank Radio, news and television organizations * ABN Andhra Jyothi, a Telugu language news channel based in India * Agri Broadcast Network, an Ohio-based agricultural radio news network * ABN (TV station), the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Sydney TV station * ABNXcess, the sole cable television operator in Malaysia * Asahi Broadcasting Nagano, a TV station in Nagano Prefecture, Japan * Asia Business News a now-defunct business news channel * Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias, the national news agency of Venezuela * Avivamiento Broadcasting Network, a religious local TV station in Bogotá, Colombia * AMCARA Broadcasting Network, an Philippine-based broadcast company in Quezon City, Philippines Other organizations * Alaska Board of Nursing, the regional board of nurses in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public–private Partnership
A public–private partnership (PPP, 3P, or P3) is a long-term arrangement between a government and private sector institutions.Hodge, G. A and Greve, C. (2007), Public–Private Partnerships: An International Performance Review, Public Administration Review, 2007, Vol. 67(3), pp. 545–558 Typically, it involves private capital financing government projects and services up-front, and then drawing revenues from taxpayers and/or users over the course of the PPP contract. Public–private partnerships have been implemented in multiple countries and are primarily used for infrastructure projects. They have been employed for building, equipping, operating and maintaining schools, hospitals, transport systems, and water and sewerage systems. Cooperation between private actors, corporations and governments has existed since the inception of sovereign states, notably for the purpose of tax collection and colonization. However, contemporary "public-private partnerships" came into being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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