Frank Sartor

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Frank Sartor is an Australian Labor Party (ALP) politician in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Sartor is currently a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Rockdale, Minister for Planning, Minister for Redfern Waterloo, Minister for Science and Medical Research, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer).^[1]

Prior to entering the New South Wales parliament, Sartor served on the Council of the City of Sydney from 1984 to 2003, and served as Lord Mayor of Sydney years from September 1991 to April 2003. During his time on council he served as Vice President of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, Chairman of the Sydney Festival, Chairman of the Central Sydney Planning Committee, and Board Member of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority.

During his tenure as Lord Mayor, allegations in relation to sexual harassment were raised in the New South Wales Legislative Council by the Hon J. P. Hannaford.^[2] Mr Hannaford subsequently failed to provide any evidence to support his allegations, and was in turn investigated by the NSW Parliament for abuse of Parliamentary privilege. ^[3]

Sartor has also invoked the ire of the Australian Indigenous population with his rejection of a plan by the Aboriginal Housing Company to redevelop "The Block", an area of inner-city Sydney, and for offensive remarks, for which he later publicly apologized.^[4]

Sartor was given this planning power through the contentious Redfern-Waterloo Authority Bill^[5] which was debated at length in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.^[6]