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{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1951)}}
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'''Frank Sartor''' is an [[Australian Labor Party]] (ALP) politician in the state of [[New South Wales]].
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder|
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable|The Hon.]]
| name = Frank Sartor
| honorific-suffix = [[Officer of the Order of Australia|AO]]
| image = Lord Mayor Frank Sartor at Aurora Place, 88 Phillip Street Sydney, 2000 A-00055976.jpg
| caption = Frank Sartor
| order1 = 80th [[Lord Mayor of Sydney]]
| term_start1 = September 1991
| term_end1 = April 2003
| deputy1 = [[Lucy Turnbull]]
| predecessor1 = [[Jeremy Bingham]]
| successor1 = [[Lucy Turnbull]]
| nationality = [[Australia]]n
| constituency_MP = [[Electoral district of Rockdale|Rockdale]]
| parliament = New South Wales
| predecessor = [[George Thompson (Australian politician)|George Thompson]]
| successor = [[John Flowers (politician)|John Flowers]]
| term_start = [[2003 New South Wales state election|22 March 2003]]
| term_end = [[2011 New South Wales state election|26 March 2011]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Yenda, New South Wales|Yenda]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]
| birth_name = Francesco Ernest Sartor
| death_date =
| death_place =
| Religion =
| children = William, Isabella, Oliver
| spouse =
| party = [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor]] (since 2004)
|otherparty = Living City Independents (1994–2004)
| website =
}}
'''Francesco Ernest Sartor''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 9 November 1951)<ref>{{cite news
|last=Mitchell
|first=Alex
|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/09/1036308528682.html
|title=Exclusive poll a gift for Sartor's Rockdale bid
|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]
|publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]
|date=10 November 2002
|access-date=3 December 2009
|archive-date=16 May 2010
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516120104/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/09/1036308528682.html
|url-status=live
}}</ref> is a former [[Australia]]n politician who served as [[New South Wales]] Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer) between 2009 and 2011. He was a Member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Electoral district of Rockdale|Rockdale]] for the [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor Party]] between 2003 and [[2011 New South Wales state election|2011]]. Sartor has previously been [[Minister for Planning (New South Wales)|Minister for Planning]], Redfern Waterloo and the Arts, and Minister for Water and Utilities in the [[Morris Iemma|Iemma]] and [[Bob Carr|Carr]] governments. Before being elected to the [[New South Wales Parliament]], Sartor was the second longest-serving [[Lord Mayor of Sydney]], after [[Clover Moore]], having held the post for nearly 12 years from September 1991 to March 2003. Sartor retired from politics at the [[2011 New South Wales state election|2011 state election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/keneally-begs-for-second-chance-20101203-18jtt.html|title=Keneally begs for second chance|last=Nicholls|first=Sean|date=4 December 2010|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=3 December 2010|archive-date=6 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206075858/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/keneally-begs-for-second-chance-20101203-18jtt.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SMHquiit">{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/frank-sartor-quits-parliament-20101203-18iq9.html|title=Frank Sartor quits Parliament|last=Nicholls|first=Sean|date=4 December 2010|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=4 December 2010|archive-date=5 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205023304/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/frank-sartor-quits-parliament-20101203-18iq9.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Early life==
A former Mayor of [[Sydney]], Sartor is currently a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] for [[Electoral district of Rockdale|Rockdale]], Minister for Planning, Minister for Redfern Waterloo and Minister for the Arts.<ref name =
Sartor was born in [[Yenda, New South Wales|Yenda]] near [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]], [[New South Wales]].<ref name=city1>{{cite web
"nsw1">{{cite web
|url = http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/investigator/Details/Person_Detail.asp?Entity=Global&Op=Exact&Page=1&Search=&Id=32&SearchPage=Global
| title =The Hon. Frank Ernest Sartor, MP
| work =Members of Parliament
|title = City of Sydney Archives
| publisher =[[Parliament of New South Wales]]
|publisher = [[City of Sydney]]
|access-date = 4 July 2007
| url =http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/Parlment/Members.nsf/d890a06557517cedca256e700008765e/d74717111bc7eaf9ca256cfa0012c3af!OpenDocument
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212849/http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/investigator/Details/Person_Detail.asp?Entity=Global&Op=Exact&Page=1&Search=&Id=32&SearchPage=Global
| accessdate = 2007-02-25 }}</ref>
|archive-date = 27 September 2007
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> His migrant parents named him Francesco Ernest Sartor, but he decided life would be easier if he called himself Frank.<ref name=abc1>{{cite web
|url = http://www.abc.net.au/am/stories/s717231.htm
|title = Sydney's Lord Mayor joins ALP
|work = ABC News 'AM' program
|publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]
|date = 2 November 2002
|access-date = 4 July 2007
|archive-date = 7 October 2008
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081007071656/http://www.abc.net.au/am/stories/s717231.htm
|url-status = live
}}</ref> He attended St Therese's ([[Catholic]]) [[Primary School]], [[Yenda, New South Wales|Yenda]], followed by [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]] [[High School]].<ref name=italy>{{cite web
|url=http://www.italydownunder.com.au/issuesix/sartor.html
|title=Italy Down Under - Profile: Frank Sartor
|publisher=Italy Down Under magazine
|access-date=5 July 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814003923/http://www.italydownunder.com.au/issuesix/sartor.html
|archive-date=14 August 2007
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> His mother died of [[melanoma]] when Sartor was 16.<ref name="cpd">{{cite web
|title =The end of pub smoking in Australia: a tribute to Frank Sartor
|publisher =Centre for Policy Development
|date =June 2004
|url =http://cpd.org.au/article/end-pub-smoking-australia:-tribute-frank-sartor
|access-date =8 September 2008
|archive-date =11 October 2008
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20081011095407/http://cpd.org.au/article/end-pub-smoking-australia:-tribute-frank-sartor
|url-status =live
}}</ref>


He attended the [[University of Sydney]], residing at [[St John's College, University of Sydney|St John's College]] and graduating with a degree in [[chemical engineering]], and a later qualification in [[accounting]]. From 1976&ndash;83 he was employed as a chemical engineer and in management roles by [[Colgate-Palmolive]] and [[oil]] company [[Total S.A.|Total]] Australia Ltd.<ref name=city1/>
==Life==
Frank Sartor was born in [[Yenda, New South Wales|Yenda]] near [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]], [[New South Wales]].
<ref name=city1>{{cite web
|url = http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/investigator/Details/Person_Detail.asp?Entity=Global&Op=Exact&Page=1&Search=&Id=32&SearchPage=Global
|title = City of Sydney Archives
|publisher = City of Sydney
|accessdate = 2007-07-04 }}</ref>
His migrant parents named him '''Francesco Ernest Sartor''', but he decided life would be easier if he called himself Frank.
<ref name=abc1>{{cite web
|url = http://www.abc.net.au/am/stories/s717231.htm
|title = Sydney's Lord Mayor joins ALP
|publisher = ABC News 'AM' program
|date = [[2002-11-02]]
|accessdate = 2007-07-04 }}</ref>


==Local government ==
He attended St Therese's ([[Catholic]]) [[Primary School]], [[Yenda, New South Wales|Yenda]], followed by [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]] [[High School]].
Sartor served on the Council of the [[City of Sydney]] from 1984 to 2003, and was [[Lord Mayor of Sydney]] for almost 12 years, from September 1991 to April 2003.<ref name="Frank Sartor NSW parl">{{cite NSW Parliament |title=The Hon. Frank Ernest Sartor (1951- ) |id=2175 |former=Yes |accessdate=10 May 2019}}</ref> During his time on the council he served as Vice-President of the [[2000 Summer Olympics|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]].
<ref name=italy>{{cite web
|url = http://www.italydownunder.com.au/issuesix/sartor.html
|title = Italy Down Under - Profile: Frank Sartor
|publisher = Italy Down Under magazine
|accessdate = 2007-07-05 }}</ref>


During his tenure as Lord Mayor, unfounded claims were made in an effort to discredit Sartor, in relation to alleged sexual harassment, by [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal]] politician, [[John Hannaford (Australian politician)|John Hannaford]]. These accusations were unfounded and never supported with any evidence, and were never raised in a court of law nor raised by Hannaford outside the protection of [[parliamentary privilege]].<ref>{{cite web
He graduated from the [[University of Sydney]], residing at [[St John's College, University of Sydney|St John's College]]. Frank Sartor is a trained [[chemical engineer]] and [[accountant]]. From 1976-1983 he was employed as a chemical engineer and in management roles by [[Colgate-Palmolive]] and [[oil]] company [[Total S.A.|Total]] Australia Ltd.<ref name=city1/>
|url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC19990908049
|title=Lord Mayor of Sydney Sexual Harassment Allegations
|work=New South Wales Legislative Council Hansard
|publisher=[[New South Wales Parliament]]
|date=8 September 1999
|access-date=1 August 2006
|archive-date=29 September 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095733/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC19990908049
|url-status=live
}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/c91ccf757cb06189ca256e500038888d/2eb3bb2dd4e1ea764a25683a0080ee59!OpenDocument
|title = Report of Parliamentary Ethics Committee
|work = New South Wales Legislative Council Hansard
|publisher = New South Wales Parliament
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120324103859/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/c91ccf757cb06189ca256e500038888d/2eb3bb2dd4e1ea764a25683a0080ee59!OpenDocument
|archive-date = 24 March 2012
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>


Upon the departure of Sartor as Mayor, he was succeeded by Deputy Mayor, [[Lucy Turnbull]], who served the remainder of the term between 2003 and 2004. Turnbull did not seek election by popular vote.
Sartor served on the Council of the City of [[Sydney]] from 1984 to 2003, and was [[Lord Mayor of Sydney]] for almost 12 years, from September 1991 to April 2003. During his time on the council he served as Vice-President of the Sydney Organising Committee for the [[2000 Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Games]], Chairman of the [[Sydney Festival]], Chairman of the Central Sydney Planning Committee, and Board Member of the [[Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority]].


==New South Wales politics==
Using a rule designed for [[affirmative action]], the [[New South Wales|NSW]] [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] installed Sartor as its candidate in the safe [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] seat of [[Rockdale, New South Wales|Rockdale]], where he was elected on 22 March 2003.<ref name=abc1/><ref name =
Sartor first sought to enter state politics in 1988, when he contested the inner-city [[Electoral district of McKell]] as an Independent, running against the endorsed Labor candidate, [[Sandra Nori]]. Sartor came second, winning 23.5% of the primary vote and 43.4% of the [[two-candidate preferred]] vote<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/02/1036027047540.html| title = Sartor gets ALP ride into safe city seat| access-date = 27 August 2016| archive-date = 9 October 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161009103551/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/02/1036027047540.html| url-status = live}}</ref>
"nsw1"/>
In 2003, Sartor joined the [[New South Wales|NSW]] [[Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)|Labor Party]]<ref name="SMHquiit"/> and entered [[New South Wales Parliament|parliament]] after successfully contesting the safe Labor seat of Rockdale at the [[2003 New South Wales state election|2003 State election]]<ref name=abc1/><ref name="Frank Sartor NSW parl"/> and was subsequently sworn in as Minister for Energy and Water Utilities, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer) and [[Minister for Medical Research (New South Wales)|Minister for Science and Medical Research]].


=== Anti-cancer reforms===
==Controversy==
As Assistant Health Minister, Sartor was responsible for the formation of the [[Cancer Institute of New South Wales|Cancer Institute NSW]] in 2003 and the introduction of smoking bans in NSW pubs and clubs in 2004, reforms he would later describe as among his proudest achievements.<ref name="SMHquiit"/><ref>{{cite news
During his tenure as Lord Mayor, allegations in relation to sexual harassment were raised in the New South Wales Legislative Council by a Liberal Party politician, the Hon J. P. Hannaford.<ref>[http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LC19990908049 New South Wales Legislative Council Hansard]</ref> 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. <ref>[http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/c91ccf757cb06189ca256e500038888d/2eb3bb2dd4e1ea764a25683a0080ee59!OpenDocument Report of Parliamentary Ethics Committee, NSW Legislative Council]</ref>
|last =Smith
|first =Alexandra
|title ='There were a lot of tears. I told the Premier it's a mistake'
|work =The Sydney Morning Herald
|publisher =Fairfax Media
|date =8 September 2008
|url =http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/there-were-a-lot-of-tears-i-told-the-premier-its-a-mistake/2008/09/07/1220725858702.html
|access-date =8 September 2008
|archive-date =11 September 2008
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080911213116/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/there-were-a-lot-of-tears-i-told-the-premier-its-a-mistake/2008/09/07/1220725858702.html
|url-status =live
}}</ref> Many of these achievements were driven by personal tragedy and loss of his former partner, Hephzibah Tintner, and his mother, to cancer. In his final speech to parliament, Sartor broke down when talking about their loss, and how it influenced his political career.<ref name="SMHquiit"/> In his time as a Minister in all of his various portfolios, Sartor became known for his blunt and often crude language, but also his drive to improve cancer survival rates.<ref name="cpd"/> However his smoking bans drew vehement criticism from publicans who argued they would harm profitability, and from anti-cancer groups which said they did not go far enough.<ref>{{cite news
|last =Dempster
|first =Quentin
|title =Smoke Screen
|work =[[Stateline (TV program)|Stateline]]
|publisher =Australian Broadcasting Corporation
|date =17 March 2006
|url =http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/nsw/content/2006/s1595024.htm
|access-date =8 September 2008
|archive-date =18 September 2008
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080918003431/http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/nsw/content/2006/s1595024.htm
|url-status =live
}}</ref> In announcing his resignation, [[Premier of New South Wales|NSW Premier]] [[Kristina Keneally]] paid tribute to Mr Sartor’s work as Australia’s first cancer minister. As Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer) he oversaw restrictions on the retailing of cigarettes in NSW, including forcing them to be kept under the counter.<ref name="SMHquiit"/>


===Water Utilities===
Sartor has also invoked the ire of the Australian [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous]] population with his rejection of a plan by the [[Aboriginal Housing Company]] to redevelop "[[The Block (Sydney)|The Block]]", an area of inner-city Sydney, and for saying "Get off your backside Mick, and bring your black arse in here to talk about it," , for which he later publicly apologized.<ref>[http://abc.net.au/message/news/stories/ms_news_1463707.htm Australian Broadcasting Corporation]</ref>
{{BLP unsourced section|date=January 2017}}
As Minister for Water Utilities, Sartor introduced a number of sweeping changes to the water supply system, and championed [[water conservation]], recycling and innovation in Sydney, the Illawarra and the Blue Mountains. Sartor's changes in water and energy included: oversighting the introduction of an energy and water sustainability index for new homes; implementing a government energy and water savings fund to support innovative ideas to reduce water and energy consumption; encouraging the uptake of water conservation rebates, household devices and rainwater tanks; and requiring all local councils in the Sydney metropolitan area to develop water savings plans. Sartor also oversaw the development of water infrastructure projects - including large recycling projects in Sydney. He also released the Metropolitan Water Plan which first envisaged the potential for a desalination plant to supplement Sydney's water supplies. After Sartor left the Water portfolio and became Planning Minister, despite an extremely vocal anti-desalination campaign in Kurnell during the 2007 State election, the government was returned. Desalination was Labor policy established by Sartor, whereas Opposition Liberal policy advocated the use of recycled water. Sartor and the NSW Government rejected the use of recycled water in Sydney.


===Redfern Waterloo===
Sartor was given this planning power through the contentious Redfern-Waterloo Authority Bill<ref>[http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3HHBBill?open&vwCat=Redfern-Waterloo+Authority+Bill REDFERN-WATERLOO AUTHORITY BILL]</ref> which was debated at length in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.<ref>[http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT/hansArt.nsf/V3Key/LA20041119008 The Hansard]</ref>
In 2005 Premier [[Bob Carr]] appointed Sartor as the first Minister for Redfern Waterloo overseeing the [[Redfern-Waterloo Authority]] and exercising planning powers over an area of inner Sydney.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3HHBBill?open&vwCat=Redfern-Waterloo+Authority+Bill
|title=Redfern-Waterloo Austhority Bill
|work=New South Wales Legislative Assembly Hansard
|publisher=New South Wales Parliament
|access-date=3 August 2006
|archive-date=29 September 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134508/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3HHBBill?open&vwCat=Redfern-Waterloo%20Authority%20Bill
|url-status=live
}}</ref> In this role he invoked the ire of the [[Redfern, New South Wales|Redfern]] [[Indigenous Australians|indigenous]] population with his rejection of a plan by the [[Aboriginal Housing Company]] to redevelop "[[The Block (Sydney)|The Block]]" and for suggesting on [[Koori Radio]] that the Company's chairman, Mick Mundine should "Get off your backside ... and bring your black arse in here to talk about it." Sartor later apologised for this remark. The creation of the Redfern Waterloo portfolio was greeted with some cynicism given the long history of similar attempts to rejuvenate the area. Despite this, the Authority was able to deliver urban renewal projects for a number of derelict sites including the former Redfern Public School and a substantial redevelopment of the [[Australian Technology Park]] to incorporate headquarters for the Sydney television station [[Seven Network|Channel Seven]]. As part of Sartor's broader reforms in the area, the Australian Technology Park was established, and due to the reforms established by Mr Sartor, the NSW Government is able to continue active investigations into better use of disused land in the inner-west, such as the former Eveleigh railway workshops and disused industrial land.


===Minister for Planning===
In a [[Column (newspaper)|column]] in the [[Sydney Morning Herald]], [[journalist]] and former [[City of Sydney]] [[Councillor]] Elizabeth Farrelly was scathing of Sartor for his intentions to give [[Billboard (advertising)|advertising billboards]] "[[Blank check|carte blanche]]" on [[New South Wales]] roads and freeways, his approval of the "[[Greenhouse effect|greenhouse]] belching" [[Anvil Hill Coal Mine]], and for his moves to reduce the planning powers of local [[Council (country subdivision)|councils]].
Upon the appointment of [[Morris Iemma]] as Premier in late 2005, Sartor relinquished the Energy and Water portfolios and was sworn in as Minister for Planning. His administration was marked by a series of planning reforms to reduce the concurrence and consultation processes required for major developments in NSW. In a [[Column (newspaper)|column]] in the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', [[journalist]] and former [[City of Sydney]] [[Councillor]] [[Elizabeth Farrelly]] was scathing of Sartor for his support for [[Billboard (advertising)|advertising billboards]] along NSW roadways, his approval of the [[Anvil Hill Coal Mine]], and for his moves to reduce the planning powers of [[Local government in Australia|local government]].<ref name=smh1>{{cite news
<ref name=smh1>{{cite web
|first = Elizabeth
|url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/should-sartor-have-his-cake-no-no-and-no/2007/07/03/1183351208113.html
|last = Farrelly
|title = Should Sartor have his cake? No, no and no
|url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/should-sartor-have-his-cake-no-no-and-no/2007/07/03/1183351208113.html
|publisher = Sydney Morning Herald
|title = Should Sartor have his cake? No, no and no
|date = [[2007-07-04]]
|work = Sydney Morning Herald
|accessdate = 2007-07-05 }}</ref>
|publisher = Fairfax Media
|date = 4 July 2007
|access-date = 5 July 2007
|archive-date = 6 July 2007
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070706003340/http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/should-sartor-have-his-cake-no-no-and-no/2007/07/03/1183351208113.html
|url-status = live
}}</ref>

Sartor was re-elected as Member for Rockdale at the [[2007 New South Wales state election|2007 State election]] with a slightly reduced majority,<ref>{{cite web
|title =State Electoral District - Rockdale Results 2003
|publisher =[[New South Wales Electoral Commission]]
|year =2003
|url =http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/rockdale/results/2003
|access-date =6 August 2008
|archive-date =22 July 2008
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080722053436/http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/election_results/district_index/rockdale/results/2003
|url-status =live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title =2007 State Election Results: State Electoral District of Rockdale
|publisher =New South Wales Electoral Commission
|year =2007
|url =http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/rockdale/results_2007/perferential_count
|access-date =6 August 2008
|archive-date =29 July 2008
|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20080729040052/http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/rockdale/results_2007/perferential_count
|url-status =live
}}</ref> and was sworn in as Minister for Planning, Minister for Redfern Waterloo and Minister for the Arts.

In 2008 the [[NSW Greens]] demanded a [[Royal Commission]] into alleged links between Sartor's planning approvals and Labor Party donations by major developers.<ref>{{cite news
|last = Benns
|first = Matthew
|title = The developer donations the Greens say the minister must explain
|work = The Sydney Morning Herald
|publisher = Fairfax Media
|date = 6 April 2008
|url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/the-developer-donations-the-greens-say-the-minister-must-explain/2008/04/05/1207249536187.html
|access-date = 6 August 2008
|archive-date = 10 April 2008
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080410055030/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/the-developer-donations-the-greens-say-the-minister-must-explain/2008/04/05/1207249536187.html
|url-status = live
}}</ref> Sartor denied his planning decisions had been influenced by developer donations and threatened legal action against media outlets which repeated the claims.<ref>{{cite news
|title = Donations row: Sartor snaps at 'scumbags'
|work = [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]
|publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation
|date = 27 February 2008
|url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/27/2174500.htm
|access-date = 6 August 2008
|archive-date = 18 September 2008
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080918103921/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/02/27/2174500.htm
|url-status = live
}}</ref> In 2009, Sartor was damaged by a [[New South Wales Land and Environment Court|Land and Environment Court]] judgment that described a decision he made to allow development at Catherine Hill Bay by a political donor, Rose Group, in exchange for conservation land as being influenced by a "land bribe". On announcing his resignation, Sartor described his time as planning minister as the most difficult of his career.<ref name="SMHquiit"/>

On 7 September 2008 Frank Sartor was defeated in a ballot for ministerial positions and returned to the backbench<ref>{{cite news
|last = AAP
|author-link = Australian Associated Press
|url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/i-feel-cheated-sartor/2008/09/07/1220725832874.html
|work = The Sydney Morning Herald
|publisher = Fairfax Media
|title = I feel cheated: Sartor
|date = 7 September 2008
|access-date = 7 September 2008
|archive-date = 9 September 2008
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080909051526/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/i-feel-cheated-sartor/2008/09/07/1220725832874.html
|url-status = live
}}</ref> with reports of internal polling by Labor revealing that Sartor was one of the government's most unpopular ministers.<ref name="SMHquiit"/>

===Minister for Climate Change and the Environment===
In December 2009, a [[vote of no confidence|no confidence motion]] was passed; and [[Nathan Rees]] stood down as Leader of NSW Labor.<ref>{{cite news
|first=Josh
|last=Jerga
|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/katrina-keneally-is-catholic-feminist-with-american-twang/story-e6freuy9-1225806750479
|title=Katrina [recte Kristina] Keneally is Catholic feminist with American twang
|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]
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}}</ref> Sartor contested a [[Labor Right|Labor right faction]] ballot and narrowly lost the ballot to Kristina Keneally, who was then made Premier.<ref name="SMHquiit"/> Keneally returned Sartor to the NSW Cabinet; appointed to the role of Minister for Climate Change and the Environment. He was also returned to his old role of Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer), an area of personal interest and commitment.

==Personal life==
The dancer Hephzibah Tintner was his partner until her death from cancer in 2001. She was the daughter of the Austrian-born orchestral conductor [[Georg Tintner]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://htfoundation.com.au/hephzibah_tintner.htm |title=Hephzibah Tintner Foundation |access-date=24 November 2012 |archive-date=3 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303041343/http://htfoundation.com.au/hephzibah_tintner.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/01/1022569844252.html |author=Miranda Devine |title=Cancer fight gets personal for Sartor |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 June 2002 |access-date=24 November 2012 |archive-date=4 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604094430/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/01/1022569844252.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

He is now married to Monique Sartor, an interior decorator and lives in Glebe a suburb of Sydney.


==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100710092122/http://franksartor.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/Parlment/Members.nsf/34979c89348b9b95ca2570de001dd2c0/d74717111bc7eaf9ca256cfa0012c3af NSW Parliamentary Profile]

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The Hon.
Frank Sartor
AO
Frank Sartor
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Rockdale
In office
22 March 2003 – 26 March 2011
Preceded byGeorge Thompson
Succeeded byJohn Flowers
80th Lord Mayor of Sydney
In office
September 1991 – April 2003
DeputyLucy Turnbull
Preceded byJeremy Bingham
Succeeded byLucy Turnbull
Personal details
Born
Francesco Ernest Sartor

(1951-11-09) 9 November 1951 (age 72)
Yenda, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLabor (since 2004)
Other political
affiliations		Living City Independents (1994–2004)
ChildrenWilliam, Isabella, Oliver

Francesco Ernest Sartor AO (born 9 November 1951)[1] is a former Australian politician who served as New South Wales Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer) between 2009 and 2011. He was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Rockdale for the Labor Party between 2003 and 2011. Sartor has previously been Minister for Planning, Redfern Waterloo and the Arts, and Minister for Water and Utilities in the Iemma and Carr governments. Before being elected to the New South Wales Parliament, Sartor was the second longest-serving Lord Mayor of Sydney, after Clover Moore, having held the post for nearly 12 years from September 1991 to March 2003. Sartor retired from politics at the 2011 state election.[2][3]

Early life[edit]

Sartor was born in Yenda near Griffith, New South Wales.[4] His migrant parents named him Francesco Ernest Sartor, but he decided life would be easier if he called himself Frank.[5] He attended St Therese's (Catholic) Primary School, Yenda, followed by Griffith High School.[6] His mother died of melanoma when Sartor was 16.[7]

He attended the University of Sydney, residing at St John's College and graduating with a degree in chemical engineering, and a later qualification in accounting. From 1976–83 he was employed as a chemical engineer and in management roles by Colgate-Palmolive and oil company Total Australia Ltd.[4]

Local government[edit]

Sartor served on the Council of the City of Sydney from 1984 to 2003, and was Lord Mayor of Sydney for almost 12 years, from September 1991 to April 2003.[8] During his time on the 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, unfounded claims were made in an effort to discredit Sartor, in relation to alleged sexual harassment, by Liberal politician, John Hannaford. These accusations were unfounded and never supported with any evidence, and were never raised in a court of law nor raised by Hannaford outside the protection of parliamentary privilege.[9] 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.[10]

Upon the departure of Sartor as Mayor, he was succeeded by Deputy Mayor, Lucy Turnbull, who served the remainder of the term between 2003 and 2004. Turnbull did not seek election by popular vote.

New South Wales politics[edit]

Sartor first sought to enter state politics in 1988, when he contested the inner-city Electoral district of McKell as an Independent, running against the endorsed Labor candidate, Sandra Nori. Sartor came second, winning 23.5% of the primary vote and 43.4% of the two-candidate preferred vote[11] In 2003, Sartor joined the NSW Labor Party[3] and entered parliament after successfully contesting the safe Labor seat of Rockdale at the 2003 State election[5][8] and was subsequently sworn in as Minister for Energy and Water Utilities, Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer) and Minister for Science and Medical Research.

Anti-cancer reforms[edit]

As Assistant Health Minister, Sartor was responsible for the formation of the Cancer Institute NSW in 2003 and the introduction of smoking bans in NSW pubs and clubs in 2004, reforms he would later describe as among his proudest achievements.[3][12] Many of these achievements were driven by personal tragedy and loss of his former partner, Hephzibah Tintner, and his mother, to cancer. In his final speech to parliament, Sartor broke down when talking about their loss, and how it influenced his political career.[3] In his time as a Minister in all of his various portfolios, Sartor became known for his blunt and often crude language, but also his drive to improve cancer survival rates.[7] However his smoking bans drew vehement criticism from publicans who argued they would harm profitability, and from anti-cancer groups which said they did not go far enough.[13] In announcing his resignation, NSW Premier Kristina Keneally paid tribute to Mr Sartor’s work as Australia’s first cancer minister. As Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer) he oversaw restrictions on the retailing of cigarettes in NSW, including forcing them to be kept under the counter.[3]

Water Utilities[edit]

As Minister for Water Utilities, Sartor introduced a number of sweeping changes to the water supply system, and championed water conservation, recycling and innovation in Sydney, the Illawarra and the Blue Mountains. Sartor's changes in water and energy included: oversighting the introduction of an energy and water sustainability index for new homes; implementing a government energy and water savings fund to support innovative ideas to reduce water and energy consumption; encouraging the uptake of water conservation rebates, household devices and rainwater tanks; and requiring all local councils in the Sydney metropolitan area to develop water savings plans. Sartor also oversaw the development of water infrastructure projects - including large recycling projects in Sydney. He also released the Metropolitan Water Plan which first envisaged the potential for a desalination plant to supplement Sydney's water supplies. After Sartor left the Water portfolio and became Planning Minister, despite an extremely vocal anti-desalination campaign in Kurnell during the 2007 State election, the government was returned. Desalination was Labor policy established by Sartor, whereas Opposition Liberal policy advocated the use of recycled water. Sartor and the NSW Government rejected the use of recycled water in Sydney.

Redfern Waterloo[edit]

In 2005 Premier Bob Carr appointed Sartor as the first Minister for Redfern Waterloo overseeing the Redfern-Waterloo Authority and exercising planning powers over an area of inner Sydney.[14] In this role he invoked the ire of the Redfern indigenous population with his rejection of a plan by the Aboriginal Housing Company to redevelop "The Block" and for suggesting on Koori Radio that the Company's chairman, Mick Mundine should "Get off your backside ... and bring your black arse in here to talk about it." Sartor later apologised for this remark. The creation of the Redfern Waterloo portfolio was greeted with some cynicism given the long history of similar attempts to rejuvenate the area. Despite this, the Authority was able to deliver urban renewal projects for a number of derelict sites including the former Redfern Public School and a substantial redevelopment of the Australian Technology Park to incorporate headquarters for the Sydney television station Channel Seven. As part of Sartor's broader reforms in the area, the Australian Technology Park was established, and due to the reforms established by Mr Sartor, the NSW Government is able to continue active investigations into better use of disused land in the inner-west, such as the former Eveleigh railway workshops and disused industrial land.

Minister for Planning[edit]

Upon the appointment of Morris Iemma as Premier in late 2005, Sartor relinquished the Energy and Water portfolios and was sworn in as Minister for Planning. His administration was marked by a series of planning reforms to reduce the concurrence and consultation processes required for major developments in NSW. In a column in the Sydney Morning Herald, journalist and former City of Sydney Councillor Elizabeth Farrelly was scathing of Sartor for his support for advertising billboards along NSW roadways, his approval of the Anvil Hill Coal Mine, and for his moves to reduce the planning powers of local government.[15]

Sartor was re-elected as Member for Rockdale at the 2007 State election with a slightly reduced majority,[16][17] and was sworn in as Minister for Planning, Minister for Redfern Waterloo and Minister for the Arts.

In 2008 the NSW Greens demanded a Royal Commission into alleged links between Sartor's planning approvals and Labor Party donations by major developers.[18] Sartor denied his planning decisions had been influenced by developer donations and threatened legal action against media outlets which repeated the claims.[19] In 2009, Sartor was damaged by a Land and Environment Court judgment that described a decision he made to allow development at Catherine Hill Bay by a political donor, Rose Group, in exchange for conservation land as being influenced by a "land bribe". On announcing his resignation, Sartor described his time as planning minister as the most difficult of his career.[3]

On 7 September 2008 Frank Sartor was defeated in a ballot for ministerial positions and returned to the backbench[20] with reports of internal polling by Labor revealing that Sartor was one of the government's most unpopular ministers.[3]

Minister for Climate Change and the Environment[edit]

In December 2009, a no confidence motion was passed; and Nathan Rees stood down as Leader of NSW Labor.[21] Sartor contested a Labor right faction ballot and narrowly lost the ballot to Kristina Keneally, who was then made Premier.[3] Keneally returned Sartor to the NSW Cabinet; appointed to the role of Minister for Climate Change and the Environment. He was also returned to his old role of Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer), an area of personal interest and commitment.

Personal life[edit]

The dancer Hephzibah Tintner was his partner until her death from cancer in 2001. She was the daughter of the Austrian-born orchestral conductor Georg Tintner.[22][23]

He is now married to Monique Sartor, an interior decorator and lives in Glebe a suburb of Sydney.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mitchell, Alex (10 November 2002). "Exclusive poll a gift for Sartor's Rockdale bid". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 16 May 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  2. ^ Nicholls, Sean (4 December 2010). "Keneally begs for second chance". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Nicholls, Sean (4 December 2010). "Frank Sartor quits Parliament". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  4. ^ a b "City of Sydney Archives". City of Sydney. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Sydney's Lord Mayor joins ALP". ABC News 'AM' program. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 November 2002. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
  6. ^ "Italy Down Under - Profile: Frank Sartor". Italy Down Under magazine. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2007.
  7. ^ a b "The end of pub smoking in Australia: a tribute to Frank Sartor". Centre for Policy Development. June 2004. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
  8. ^ a b "The Hon. Frank Ernest Sartor (1951- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Lord Mayor of Sydney Sexual Harassment Allegations". New South Wales Legislative Council Hansard. New South Wales Parliament. 8 September 1999. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2006.
  10. ^ "Report of Parliamentary Ethics Committee". New South Wales Legislative Council Hansard. New South Wales Parliament. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012.
  11. ^ "Sartor gets ALP ride into safe city seat". Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  12. ^ Smith, Alexandra (8 September 2008). "'There were a lot of tears. I told the Premier it's a mistake'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
  13. ^ Dempster, Quentin (17 March 2006). "Smoke Screen". Stateline. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
  14. ^ "Redfern-Waterloo Austhority Bill". New South Wales Legislative Assembly Hansard. New South Wales Parliament. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2006.
  15. ^ Farrelly, Elizabeth (4 July 2007). "Should Sartor have his cake? No, no and no". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 6 July 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2007.
  16. ^ "State Electoral District - Rockdale Results 2003". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 2003. Archived from the original on 22 July 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  17. ^ "2007 State Election Results: State Electoral District of Rockdale". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  18. ^ Benns, Matthew (6 April 2008). "The developer donations the Greens say the minister must explain". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  19. ^ "Donations row: Sartor snaps at 'scumbags'". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 27 February 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
  20. ^ AAP (7 September 2008). "I feel cheated: Sartor". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 9 September 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
  21. ^ Jerga, Josh (3 December 2009). "Katrina [recte Kristina] Keneally is Catholic feminist with American twang". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
  22. ^ "Hephzibah Tintner Foundation". Archived from the original on 3 March 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  23. ^ Miranda Devine (2 June 2002). "Cancer fight gets personal for Sartor". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2012.

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