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{{for|the suburb of [[Auckland]]|Chatswood, New Zealand}}
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{{Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
{{Recent death|date=October 2008}}
| name = Chatswood
{{Infobox Officeholder
|name = Jörg Haider
| city = Sydney
| state = nsw
|image = JoergHaider Sep07.JPG
| image = Chatswood, New South Wales-Pedestrian Mall.jpg
|imagesize =
| caption = Victoria Avenue pedestrian mall, facing west towards [[Chatswood railway station, Sydney|Chatswood station]]
|smallimage =
|caption =
| lga = City of Willoughby
| postcode = 2067
|order = [[Carinthia (state)|Governor of Carinthia]]
|term_start = 1999
| est = 1876
|term_end = 2008
| pop = 11,684
| area = 3.55
|predecessor = [[Christoph Zernatto]]
| propval = [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?mode=buy&searchterm=Chatswood $1,000,000] (2008)
|successor = [[Gerhard Dörfler]] (Acting)
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Willoughby|Willoughby]]
|term_start2 = 1989
| fedgov = [[Division of Bradfield|Bradfield]]
|term_end2 = 1991
| near-nw = [[Roseville, New South Wales|Roseville]]
|predecessor2 = [[Peter Ambrozy]]
| near-n = [[Castle Cove, New South Wales|Castle Cove]]
|successor2 = [[Christoph Zernatto]]
| near-ne = [[Middle Cove, New South Wales|Middle Cove]]
|birth_date = [[26 January]] [[1950]]
| near-w = [[Chatswood West, New South Wales|Chatswood West]]
|birth_place = [[Bad Goisern]], Austria
| near-e = [[North Willoughby, New South Wales|North Willoughby]]
|death_date = [[11 October]] [[2008]] (aged 58)
| near-sw = [[Lane Cove, New South Wales|Lane Cove]]
|death_place = [[Köttmannsdorf]], Austria
| near-s = [[Artarmon, New South Wales|Artarmon]]
|constituency =
| near-se = [[Willoughby, New South Wales|Willoughby]]
|party = [[Freedom Party of Austria|FPÖ]], [[Alliance for the Future of Austria|BZÖ]]
| dist1 = 10
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| dir1 = north
| location1= Sydney CBD
|profession = Law
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|education = [[law degree|Dr. iur. (law degree)]]
[[Image:Chatswood.JPG|thumb|Looking over Chatswood and the surrounding area]]
|religion =
'''Chatswood''' is a [[suburb]] on the [[North Shore (Sydney)|North Shore]] of [[Sydney]], in the state of [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. Chatswood is located 10 [[kilometres]] north of the [[Sydney central business district]] and is the administrative centre of the [[Local Government Areas in Australia|local government area]] of the [[City of Willoughby]]. [[Chatswood West, New South Wales|Chatswood West]] is a separate suburb.
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==History==
'''Jörg Haider''' ([[January 26]], [[1950]] – [[October 11]], [[2008]])<ref>http://news.orf.at/?href=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.orf.at%2Fticker%2F304770.html</ref> was an Austrian politician. He was [[Landeshauptmann|Governor]] of [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]] and Chairman of the "[[Alliance for the Future of Austria]]" (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich, BZÖ).
Chatswood was named after Brad Columban HEEEE, what a hole, wife of then Mayor of Willoughby, Richard Hartnett (a pioneer of the district) and the original "wooded" nature of the area. The moniker derives from her nickname "Chattie" and was shortened from Chattie's Wood to Chatswood. There are no confirmed reports of Charlotte being very talkative, otherwise it would have made the nickname a lovely coincidence.


Residential settlement of Chatswood began in 1876 and grew with the installation of the North Shore railway line in 1890 and also increased with the opening of the Harbour Bridge in 1932. <ref>http://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/ Willoughby City Council</ref>
Haider was a long-time leader of the [[Austrian Freedom Party]] (FPÖ). When he stepped down as the FPÖ's chairman in 2000, he remained its major figure until 2005, when he founded the BZÖ in April. He was subsequently expelled from the FPÖ by its interim leader [[Hilmar Kabas]].


==Commercial area==
== Personal life ==
[[Image:20050406-Chatswood.jpg|left|thumb|Victoria Ave and Archer St, view towards Chatswood Station]]
Chatswood is one of the [[North Shore (Sydney)|North Shore’s]] major commercial and retail districts. The Australian headquarters of [[Vodafone]] and offices of [[Nortel Networks]], [[Optus]], [[The Smith's Snackfood Company|Smith's Snackfood]], [[IBM]], [[NEC Corporation|NEC]], and [[Cisco Systems]] are located in Chatswood. A number of high-density residential towers are also located in Chatswood.


Chatswood has two major [[shopping malls|shopping centres]] Chatswood Chase and [[Westfield Chatswood]]. There are also a few smaller shopping centres such as 'Lemon Grove' on the pdestrian mall and the 'Mandarin Centre' <ref>[http://www.mandarincentre.com.au/ The Mandarin Centre is located in Chatswood<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> beside Westfield on the corner of Albert Avenue and Victor Street. 'Metro Chatswood' <ref>[http://www.metrochatswood.com.au Metro Chatswood Shopping Centre and Office Space For Lease in Sydney - Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> is a new shopping centre currently under construction above the Chatswood railway and bus interchange featuring retail, high rise office and apartment towers. The 'Interchange' was a small shopping centre and bus interchange built in the late 1980s which provided pedestrian access between the two halves of Victoria Avenue but was demolished to accommodate the construction of the [[Epping to Chatswood Line, Sydney|Epping to Chatswood railway line]] and subsequently 'Metro Chatswood'.
===Parents===
Haider's parents had been [[Nazism|Nazis]] and early [[NSDAP]] party members. They were from different backgrounds; Haider's father, Robert Haider, was a shoemaker, while his mother, Dorothea Rupp, was the daughter of a wealthy, noted, medical doctor and head of the general hospital of [[Linz]].<ref name="WienerZeitung">{{cite web |url=http://www.wienerzeitung.at/linkmap/personen/haider.htm |title=Jörg Haider Biographie |first= |name= |work=Wiener Zeitung |accessdate=2008-05-05 |coauthors= |format= |year= |month= |pages= |date=2004-09-10 |language=German |publisher= |quote=Seine Eltern, die 1945 heirateten, kamen aus unterschiedlichen Bildungsschichten. Der Vater war Schuhmacher, die Mutter, eine geborene Rupp, die Tochter eines Gynäkologen und Primararztes am Linzer Allgemeinen Krankenhaus.}}</ref>


'Chatswood Chase', completed in 1983, features a [[David Jones Limited|David Jones]] store, [[K Mart]], [[Coles]] and 120 specialty stores, focusing on designer-label brands. '[[Westfield Chatswood]]', owned and managed by [[The Westfield Group]], originally opened in January 30 1986 and was redeveloped in the late 1990s to incorporate a previously free-standing [[Grace Bros.|Grace Bros]] store.<ref>[http://westfield.com/chatswood/ourstores/index.html Westfield - Chatswood<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It now features a [[Myer]] department store, [[Target (Australia)|Target]], [[Coles (supermarkets)|Coles]] supermarket, [[Toys 'R' Us]], [[JB Hi-Fi]], [[Rebel Sport]], [[Hoyts]] cinema complex, and 300 speciality stores. There is also a second Hoyts cinema complex in the 'Mandarin Centre'.
Robert Haider joined the NSDAP in 1929 as a fifteen year-old boy, four years before [[Adolf Hitler]] came to power in Germany. He remained a member even after the [[Austrian National Socialism|Austrian Nazi Party]] was banned in Austria and after [[Engelbert Dollfuss]] had dissolved the Austrian parliament and established a ''[[Austrofascism|Ständestaat]]'', a [[Fascism|fascist]] [[dictatorship]]. In 1933, Haider senior moved to [[Bavaria]] but returned to Austria the following year after the failed Nazi attempt to overthrow the Austrian government. He was arrested and chose to move back to Germany where he joined the Austrian Legion, a division of the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]''.<ref name="Peri2001">{{cite web |url=http://sicsa.huji.ac.il/acta18.htm |title=Jörg Haider's Antisemitism |first=Anat |name=Peri |work=Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism |accessdate=2008-05-05 |coauthors= |format= |year=2001 |month= |pages= |date= |language= |publisher=[[Hebrew University]] |quote=}}</ref>


The Melody Markets are held each Thursday in Chatswood Mall, Victoria Avenue and feature food and craft stalls, and live music. 'Civic Place' which includes the administrative offices of the [[City of Willoughby]] will be redeveloped to provide retail, hotel, office space and arts facilities.<ref>[http://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Content.aspx?PageID=689&ItemID=75 Welcome to Willoughby City Council - 2007 Media Releases<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.
Haider senior completed a two-year military service in Germany and returned to Austria in 1938 after it was [[Annexation|annexed]] by Nazi Germany (the ''[[Anschluss]]''). From 1940, he fought as a junior officer on the Western and Eastern Fronts in Europe during the [[Second World War]]. Having been wounded several times, he was discharged from the ''[[Wehrmacht]]'' with the rank of lieutenant. In 1945, he married Dorothea Rupp, at that time as a leader in the ''[[Bund Deutscher Mädel]]'' (''BDM'').


There is a number of [[Cantonese cuisine|Cantonese]], [[Vietnamese cuisine|Vietnamese]] and [[Greek cuisine|Greek]] restaurants and eateries.<ref>Menulog lists 43 restaurants (Sep 2008) [http://www.menulog.com.au/chatswood]</ref> There are two hotels in Chatswood, Saville Park Suites near Chatswood railway station and The Sebel near Westfield shopping centre.
Following the end of the war, legal proceedings against both Haider's parents were conducted to determine what measures should be taken against them because of their NSDAP membership (proceedings against all former Nazis{{ndash}} NSDAP members and collaborators{{ndash}} were undertaken as a matter of law in both Austria and Germany after the war ended).<ref name=Peri2001/> They were labelled as "''Minderbelastet''" (meaning only low-ranking in the NSDAP structure), and Robert Haider was forced to work in a shoe factory. Dorothea Haider, who had been a teacher, was prohibited from working for a couple of years following the end of the war.<ref name=WienerZeitung/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/464260.stm |title=Profile: Controversy and Joerg Haider |first= |name= |work= |accessdate=2008-05-05 |coauthors= |format= |year= |month= |pages= |date=2000-02-29 |language= |publisher=[[BBC News]] |quote=After the war they were punished for their affiliations and forced to take up menial work.}}</ref>
<gallery>
Image:Chatswoodcommercial.jpg|Pacific Highway
Image:PacificHwyChatswood.jpg|The Zenith Centre on the [[Pacific Highway (Australia)|Pacific Highway]]
Image:Chatswood, New South Wales-Civic Place 2005.jpg|Chatswood Civic Place (now demolished)
Image:Chatswood NSW skyline.jpg|Chatswood skyline
</gallery>


===Youth===
== Transport ==
Chatswood railway station is on the North Shore Line of the CityRail network. Rail services run south to the Sydney CBD and continue west to Strathfield and beyond. Rail services run north to Hornsby and peak hour services run to Gosford, Wyong and Newcastle. An extension of the Northern line will connect North Sydney to North Ryde and Epping via Chatswood.
Jörg Haider was born in the [[Upper Austria]]n town of [[Bad Goisern]] in 1950, a time when his parents' finances were rather moderate, and his elder sister, later [[Ursula Haubner]], five years old. He was a good student in primary school and attended high school in [[Bad Ischl]] despite his parents' financial situation. Haider was reportedly always top of his class in high school.<ref>http://www.smoc.net/haiderwatch/bioen.html</ref> During his time in [[Bad Ischl]] he had first contacts with nationalist organizations, such as the ''[[Burschenschaft]] Albia'', a right-wing student group.
Chatswood is a major bus terminus with services to Bondi Junction, Sydney, North Sydney, Mosman, Balmoral Beach, Manly, Warringah Mall/Brookvale, UTS Ku-ring-gai, Belrose, Narrabeen, Mona Vale, Eastwood, Gladesville, West Ryde, North Ryde, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, Parramatta and Dundas. An interstate bus sevice between Sydney and Brisbane via the North Coast stops at Chatswood.
Major roads through Chatswood include the Pacific Highway, Mowbray Road, Boundary Street, Willoughby Road and Eastern Valley Way and Victoria Avenue.The latter forms a pedestrian mall for the section running through the main retail area.


== Schools ==
After he graduated with highest distinction in 1968, he moved to Vienna to study law. During his studies he was affiliated again with a [[Burschenschaft]] such as ''[[Silvania]]''. After graduating from the [[University of Vienna]] with the title of [[law degree|Dr. iur.]] in 1973 he was drafted into the Austrian Army where he voluntarily spent more than the mandatory nine months (called 'the voluntary one year'). In 1974 he started to work at the [[University of Vienna]] law faculty in the department of constitutional law.
Chatswood is home to private and public, primary and secondary schools. These include:
* [[St Pius X College]] (Years 5-12, Catholic boys school)
* Mercy Catholic College (Years 7-12, Catholic girls school)
* [[Our Lady of Dolours]] (Years K-6, Catholic primary school)
* [[Chatswood Public School]] (Years K-6)
* [[Chatswood High School|Chatswood High]] (Years 7-12).


==Parks==
===Rise to power in the FPÖ===
Chatswood Oval is located south of the railway station and features a grandstand and seating surrounding the oval. It is one of the Lower North Shore's largest sportsgrounds, and home ground of the [[Gordon RFC|Gordon Rugby Football Club]]. Beauchamp Park, located on Beauchamp Avenue, features a playground, an oval, a fenced dog area and a bike track. Chatswood is close to [[Lane Cove National Park]].
The Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) was founded in 1955, and initially was a mixture of various political currents opposed both to the political catholicism of the [[Austrian People's Party]] and the [[social democracy|socialist]] views of the [[Social Democratic Party of Austria]]. With its roots in the [[Pan-German]] movement, it included both German-[[nationalist]] and [[Liberalism|liberal]] political views. In 1970 Haider became the leader of the FPÖ youth movement and headed it until 1974. Haider rose rapidly through the party ranks. In 1972, at the age of 22, he was already a well-established leader and was made party affairs manager of the Carinthian FPÖ in 1976. In 1979 he was the youngest delegate among the 183 members of parliament, at age 29. From 1983 his policies became more aggressive, when he rose to party head of the Carinthian FPÖ and started to criticise the leaders of the FPÖ, which at that time was still a minor political movement in Austria, usually winning only about 5–6% of the vote.<ref>http://www.smoc.net/haiderwatch/bio.html</ref>


==Population==
The decisive point of his career came in 1986 when he defeated Austrian [[Vice Chancellor of Austria|Vice Chancellor]] [[Norbert Steger]] in the vote for party leadership at the party convention in September in [[Innsbruck]]; many delegates feared that Steger's liberal political views and his coalition with the Social Democrats threatened the party's existence.
According to the 2006 [[Australian Bureau of Statistics]] [[Census]] of Population and Housing, the population of Chatswood was 13,513, in area of 3.55km sq. The gender ratio of the suburb was Males 46% and Females 54%.


The proportion of residents born in Australia was 34.7%. Of the 65% of residents born overseas in Chatswood, most were born in [[China]] (10.8%), [[Hong Kong]] (7.6%), [[South Korea]] (7.3%), [[Taiwan]] (3.3%) and [[Japan]] (2.5%). 39.3% of people in Chatswood speak only English and 60.7% of the population speak a language other than English. The second largest language group are [[Chinese languages]] (27.7% of population), followed by [[Korean language|Korean]] (7.6%), [[Japanese language|Japanese]] (2.9%), [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] (1.6%), [[Italian language|Italian]] (1.5%), [[Croatian language|Croatian]] (0.7%), [[Arabic language|Arabic]] (0.4%), [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] (0.4%) and [[Greek language|Greek]] (0.4%). Religious affiliation in the suburb are as follows, Non Religious(24.6%), [[Catholic]] (22.6%), [[Anglican]] (10.4%), [[Buddhism]] (8.1%), and [[Presbyterian]] & Reformed (4.4%).
===Family===
On 1 May 1976 Haider married his wife Claudia <ref>http://members.magnet.at/sabidussi/charts/haider.html</ref> The couple had two daughters, one named Ulrike<ref name=WienerZeitung/>, the other Cornelia.


===Sexuality===
==Culture==
====Willoughby Spring Festival====
On 21 March 2000, the Berlin based ''[[Tageszeitung]]'' claimed that Haider was homosexual. While Haider himself refused to comment on the matter, the Freedom Party's parliamentary leader, Peter Westenthaler, described the assertions as "sleaze-mongering".<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/mar/24/austria.kateconnolly</ref>
The Willoughby Spring Festival is an annual event in Chatswood. The festival is the second-largest in [[Lower Northern Sydney]] and is intended as testimony to a modern, multicultural and prosperous Chatswood. For more information visit [http://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Spring-Festival.html Spring Festival].
The Viennese "Homosexual Initiative" (HOSI) reacted to the ''Tageszeitung'' article with a statement to the effect that there had been insider knowledge of Haider's homosexuality for ten years, and that they consider the involuntary "outing" of secretly homosexual politicians who publicly pursue an anti-gay course as justified. They suggested that it also stood as a reminder to the gay community that both "good" and "bad" people can be homosexual.<ref>"Die Presse", 6 December 2007; [http://no-racism.net/article/12/ copy of original HOSI statement].</ref>


===Death===
==References==
Haider was killed in a car crash in [[Köttmannsdorf]] near [[Klagenfurt]], in the state of Carinthia, in the early hours of 11 October 2008. Police reported that the [[Volkswagen Phaeton]] that Haider had been driving came off the road, rolled down an embankment and overturned<ref>http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/1011/haiderj.html</ref>, causing him "severe head and chest injuries"<ref>BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7664846.stm Austria's Haider dies in accident] 11 October 2008 </ref>. Haider, who was on his way to a family gathering in honour of his mother's 90th birthday<ref>http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/1011/breaking2.htm</ref>, was alone in the government car and no other vehicles were involved.<ref>http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jnhrKIkZtbp1GqyfoqTMsmwoh1WA</ref><ref>http://us.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/11/austria.haider/index.html</ref> An initial investigation uncovered no signs of foul play. <ref>http://us.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/11/austria.haider/index.html</ref>

== Carinthia ==
[[Image:Austria ktn.svg|right|thumb|300px|Location of the state of Carinthia in the south of Austria.]]

===Bärental===
Throughout his career Haider had concentrated his politics on Carinthia. In addition, Haider's personal life was heavily connected with this part of Austria: Haider became wealthy when he inherited the estate of his uncle Wilhelm Webhofer in 1983, who had owned a large parcel of land in Carinthia commonly known as 'Bärental' (bear valley). This estate has a history that came up in the 1990s in the [[Media in Austria|Austrian media]]. The land had been owned by an Italian Jew until 1941. At that point in time the Nazis still hesitated to take possession of "[[Jewish property]]" owned by non-German nationals without any compensation. Thus when the estate was "sold" in 1941, Haider's great-uncle Josef Webhofer (a resident of [[Province of Bolzano-Bozen|Bolzano-Bozen]], Italy) paid 300,000 [[German reichsmark|Reichsmark]] (about 1.5 million dollars today) to obtain title to the land. After the war Mathilde Ruifer, the widow of the former Jewish owner of Bärental demanded compensation and was paid an additional 850,000 schilling (around 400,000 dollars today). In 1955 Josef Webhofer's son Wilhelm Webhofer inherited the estate and later bequested it to Jörg Haider. Today the land is estimated to be worth about fifteen million dollars.<ref>http://projects.brg-schoren.ac.at/Nationalsozialismus/arisierungen.html</ref>

===Political struggle in Carinthia===
Until 1989, the socialist/Social-Democratic party SPÖ held an absolute majority in the Austrian province of Carinthia; when it received less than 50% of seats in 1989, ÖVP and FPÖ formed a coalition and elected Haider as ''[[Landeshauptmann]]'' (or governor) of Carinthia.

In 1991, in a debate in the regional parliament, a speaker attacked Haider's plan of reducing unemployment payments for people seen as "freeloaders", calling it forced work placement reminiscent of Nazi policies. Haider replied, "It would not be like the Third Reich, because the Third Reich developed a proper employment policy, which your government in Vienna has not once produced." The remark caused an uproar, Haider had to resign his governor post, and the FPÖ-ÖVP coalition was replaced by an SPÖ-ÖVP coalition.

In 1999, Haider again was elected governor of Carinthia by the Carinthian parliament, where the FPÖ now held a plurality of more than 42%. Even after the [[FPÖ]] fell to only 10% from 27% in the national elections in 2002, Haider's support in Carinthia did not diminish and he succeeded in the 2004 elections receiving a slightly higher percentage (42.5%) than in 1999.

== FPÖ chairman ==

===Haider as opposition leader===
Under Haider's leadership, the FPÖ moved to the [[far right]], reflecting Haider's [[nationalist]], [[anti-immigration]], and [[Euroscepticism|anti-EU]] views. Haider relied primarily on populism (see below) to advance his interests. From 1986 when Haider became the FPÖ's chairman the party's share in elections rose from 5% in the [[Austria legislative election, 1986|1986 elections]] to almost 27% in [[Austria legislative election, 1999|1999]].

With Haider practically leading the FPÖ single-handedly, he was able to unite the scattered, divided extreme-right in Austria and establish a party that was not so much founded on leading personalities or an ideology but on just one leader - Haider himself, who used to change his opinions frequently. His style of governing the party became authoritative in the following years, however his followers did not challenge his ultimate authority in the party, especially because Haider was able to gain one victory after another in elections.<ref>http://www.doew.at/information/mitarbeiter/beitraege/fpoeenglbn.html</ref>

An exception was the split off by the [[Liberal Forum]] in the mid-1990s headed by Heide Schmidt, a long-time political supporter of Haider and the FPÖ's candidate for presidency in 1992. The liberals initially gained the support of about 6% of the voters nationwide, but Schmidt was not able to uphold this support and the Liberal Forum subsequently dropped out of parliament in 1999.

The party's mixture of populism, anti-establishment and nationalist themes steadily gained support over the years. In addition to far-right voters, the FPÖ was able to attract protest voters from both the Social Democrats and the Conservatives in both the national and regional elections of the 1990s. Along with those who were fed up with decades of government by the 'Great Coalition' (see also: [[Proporz]]), Haider always had the unconditional backing of the core far-right voters due to the lack of any more outspoken far-right parties (which are forbidden under anti-Nazi laws).

===Coalition government with [[Wolfgang Schüssel]]'s [[ÖVP|People's party]]===
In 2000, Haider's Freedom Party and the People's Party joined to form a coalition government. This caused widespread outrage both in Austria and the rest of Europe. The heads of government of the other fourteen EU members decided to cease cooperation with the Austrian government, as it was felt in many countries that the [[cordon sanitaire]] against coalitions with parties considered as right-wing extremists, which had mostly held in Western Europe since 1945, had been breached. For several months, other national leaders refused to shake hands and socialize with members of the Schüssel government. This was described as "sanctions" by representatives of the [[ÖVP]] and [[FPÖ]], and supporters of the government often blamed social democrats and President [[Thomas Klestil]] for them, and questioned their loyalty to the country.

The EU leaders soon saw that their measures were counterproductive and returned to normality during the summer of 2000, even though the coalition remained unchanged. (See [[Austria legislative election, 1999]].) Nevertheless it is not easy to measure effects of these "sanctions".

At the end of 2000, Jörg Haider stepped down from the leadership of the Freedom Party. This was widely regarded as a cynical move to appease foreign criticism, as he appeared to continue to control the party from behind the scenes, with [[Susanne Riess-Passer]] who was the following party chairwoman being only pro-forma in charge. Haider proclaimed that his move was just the fulfillment of his promise to Carinthian FPÖ voters he gave prior to the election that had been held in the same year.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/austria/article/0,2763,191346,00.html</ref>

== Collapse of the (first) coalition and decline of the Freedom Party ==

In September 2002, after a special party convention ("Sonderparteitag") in [[Knittelfeld]] ([[Styria (state)|Styria]]), the so-called [[Knittelfeld Putsch]], [[Susanne Riess-Passer|Riess-Passer]] lost the support of many party members. This meeting is also sometimes considered as a rebellion against the members which are currently involved in the government, which was thought to be started or at least supported by Haider. Thus Riess-Passer resigned as Vice Federal Chancellor and Party Chairwoman and with her went Karl-Heinz Grasser, the finance minister, and Peter Westenthaler, the head of the Freedom Party's Parliament Club. This resulted in new [[Austria legislative election, 2002|general elections in November]].

They resulted in a landslide victory (42.27% of the vote) of the conservative [[ÖVP|People's Party]] led by Federal Chancellor [[Wolfgang Schüssel]]. Haider's Freedom Party, which in 1999 was slightly stronger than Schüssel's party, was reduced to 10.16% of the vote.<ref>http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1469609</ref>

In response, Haider stated that he had demanded that the leader of the FPÖ must step down to allow him to be leader, and on being refused, stated that he would leave federal politics permanently.

In October 2003, a cabinet reshuffle instigated by Haider took place. [[Herbert Haupt|Haupt]] had to step down as Vice Chancellor to be replaced by [[Hubert Gorbach]].

On 7 March 2004 the FPÖ won a plurality (42.5%) of the vote in the elections for the Carinthian parliament. On 31 March 2004 Haider was re-elected Governor of Carinthia by the FPÖ and [[SPÖ]] members of the state parliament.

However, outside Carinthia, Haider's charisma seemed to have largely lost its appeal among voters. The FPÖ incurred devastating losses in several regional elections, the [[European Elections of 2004]] and in elections for the Austrian Chamber of Commerce. In each of those elections, it lost between one half to two thirds of their previous voters.

== Creation of a new party ==

As a consequence, the FPÖ, whose chair was Haider's sister, Ursula Haubner, was riven with internal strife. On 4 April 2005, Haider, Haubner, Vice Chancellor Hubert Gorbach and other leading figures of the [[FPÖ]] announced the creation of a new party called [[Alliance for the Future of Austria]] (Bündnis Zukunft Österreich, BZÖ) with Haider as leader. In effect, this split the FPÖ into two parties.

In the following months, the [[BZÖ]] tried to establish itself within the Austrian political landscape, but met little success. Haider and his new party remained in the coalition with the People's party, leading to fierce fights between the FPÖ and BZÖ following the split-up. Subsequent polls showed that both parties were losing voter approval and in danger of failing to reach the critical 4% of the national vote barrier required for representation in parliament.

In the 2006 general elections, the BZÖ received 4.1% of votes, thus narrowly securing its representation of 7 seats in parliament. The [[FPÖ]], now led by [[Heinz-Christian Strache]] surpassed initial expectations, receiving 11.0% of the vote, 532 votes behind the [[Austrian Green Party|Greens]].

From June 2006 to August 2008, the BZÖ was lead by [[Peter Westenthaler]]. On 30 August 2008, shortly before the [[Austrian legislative election, 2008|legislative election]], Haider re-assumed the party chairmanship. Subsequently, the BZÖ received 10.7% of votes.

== Political views ==

Haider had been a critic of Austrian politics since he began his political career in the 1970s, using simple sentences and blunt logic to highlight issues the general public perceived as unjust or self-motivated politics of the big parties politics the [[SPÖ|Austrian Social Democrats]] and the [[ÖVP|Austrian People's party]].<ref>http://www.doew.at/information/mitarbeiter/beitraege/fpoeenglbn.html</ref>

Haider opposed immigration, although in early 2005 he publicly supported [[Turkey]]'s bid to enter the [[European Union]].

The FPÖ and Haider's new party, the BZÖ, declined to voter approvals of not more than 3% each in 2005 on the national level. In the 2008 general election, however, the BZÖ received 10.7% and the FPÖ 17.5% of votes.

===Accusations of Nazi sympathy===
Haider made statements that seemed to imply support for some ideas of [[National Socialism]]. His first stint as governor in 1989 ended abruptly when he praised the employment policies of Nazi Germany and was forced to resign.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/464260.stm</ref> A few years later, he described World War II concentration camps as "punishment camps" and said the SS were "a part of the German army which should be honoured".<ref>http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/214/haiderquotes.html</ref> He also compared the deportation of Jews by the Nazis to the expulsion of Sudeten Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/464260.stm</ref> He associated publicly with Waffen-SS veterans, including attending at least one major remembrance ceremony.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/oct/02/austria</ref> On one occasion, he insulted [[Ariel Muzicant]] by saying "I do not understand how someone named Ariel [the name of a popular laundry detergent] can catch so much filth."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1235950.stm</ref> Haider's critics claimed the remark was anti-Semitic.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1235950.stm</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]]
*[[Alliance for the Future of Austria]]
*[[Freedom Party of Austria]]

== References ==
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*[http://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/ Willoughby City Council]
*{{de icon}} [http://www.ktn.gv.at/?siid=108 Landeshauptmann Dr. Jörg Haider (Kärnten)]
*[http://www.id.com.au/willoughby/commprofile/default.asp?id=234&gid=140&pg=1 Chatswood/Roseville] - community profile
*{{de icon}} [http://www.parlament.gv.at/WW/DE/PAD_00490/ Dr. Jörg Haider at the Austrian Parliament website]
*[http://www.id.com.au/willoughby/commprofile/default.asp?id=234&gid=130&pg=1 Chatswood West/Lane Cove North] - community profile
* {{PND|118854208}}
*[http://www.chatswood.com.au Chatswood Directory] - Business and services directory

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For the suburb of Auckland, see Chatswood, New Zealand.
Chatswood
Sydney, New South Wales
Victoria Avenue pedestrian mall, facing west towards Chatswood station
Population11,684
 • Density3,291/km2 (8,524/sq mi)
Established1876
Postcode(s)2067
Area3.55 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Location10 km (6 mi) north of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)City of Willoughby
State electorate(s)Willoughby
Federal division(s)Bradfield
Suburbs around Chatswood:
Roseville Castle Cove Middle Cove
Chatswood West Chatswood North Willoughby
Lane Cove Artarmon Willoughby
Looking over Chatswood and the surrounding area

Chatswood is a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Chatswood is located 10 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Willoughby. Chatswood West is a separate suburb.

History

Chatswood was named after Brad Columban HEEEE, what a hole, wife of then Mayor of Willoughby, Richard Hartnett (a pioneer of the district) and the original "wooded" nature of the area. The moniker derives from her nickname "Chattie" and was shortened from Chattie's Wood to Chatswood. There are no confirmed reports of Charlotte being very talkative, otherwise it would have made the nickname a lovely coincidence.

Residential settlement of Chatswood began in 1876 and grew with the installation of the North Shore railway line in 1890 and also increased with the opening of the Harbour Bridge in 1932. [1]

Commercial area

Victoria Ave and Archer St, view towards Chatswood Station

Chatswood is one of the North Shore’s major commercial and retail districts. The Australian headquarters of Vodafone and offices of Nortel Networks, Optus, Smith's Snackfood, IBM, NEC, and Cisco Systems are located in Chatswood. A number of high-density residential towers are also located in Chatswood.

Chatswood has two major shopping centres Chatswood Chase and Westfield Chatswood. There are also a few smaller shopping centres such as 'Lemon Grove' on the pdestrian mall and the 'Mandarin Centre' [2] beside Westfield on the corner of Albert Avenue and Victor Street. 'Metro Chatswood' [3] is a new shopping centre currently under construction above the Chatswood railway and bus interchange featuring retail, high rise office and apartment towers. The 'Interchange' was a small shopping centre and bus interchange built in the late 1980s which provided pedestrian access between the two halves of Victoria Avenue but was demolished to accommodate the construction of the Epping to Chatswood railway line and subsequently 'Metro Chatswood'.

'Chatswood Chase', completed in 1983, features a David Jones store, K Mart, Coles and 120 specialty stores, focusing on designer-label brands. 'Westfield Chatswood', owned and managed by The Westfield Group, originally opened in January 30 1986 and was redeveloped in the late 1990s to incorporate a previously free-standing Grace Bros store.[4] It now features a Myer department store, Target, Coles supermarket, Toys 'R' Us, JB Hi-Fi, Rebel Sport, Hoyts cinema complex, and 300 speciality stores. There is also a second Hoyts cinema complex in the 'Mandarin Centre'.

The Melody Markets are held each Thursday in Chatswood Mall, Victoria Avenue and feature food and craft stalls, and live music. 'Civic Place' which includes the administrative offices of the City of Willoughby will be redeveloped to provide retail, hotel, office space and arts facilities.[5].

There is a number of Cantonese, Vietnamese and Greek restaurants and eateries.[6] There are two hotels in Chatswood, Saville Park Suites near Chatswood railway station and The Sebel near Westfield shopping centre.

  • Pacific Highway
    Pacific Highway
  • The Zenith Centre on the Pacific Highway
    The Zenith Centre on the Pacific Highway
  • Chatswood Civic Place (now demolished)
    Chatswood Civic Place (now demolished)
  • Chatswood skyline
    Chatswood skyline

Transport

Chatswood railway station is on the North Shore Line of the CityRail network. Rail services run south to the Sydney CBD and continue west to Strathfield and beyond. Rail services run north to Hornsby and peak hour services run to Gosford, Wyong and Newcastle. An extension of the Northern line will connect North Sydney to North Ryde and Epping via Chatswood. Chatswood is a major bus terminus with services to Bondi Junction, Sydney, North Sydney, Mosman, Balmoral Beach, Manly, Warringah Mall/Brookvale, UTS Ku-ring-gai, Belrose, Narrabeen, Mona Vale, Eastwood, Gladesville, West Ryde, North Ryde, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, Parramatta and Dundas. An interstate bus sevice between Sydney and Brisbane via the North Coast stops at Chatswood. Major roads through Chatswood include the Pacific Highway, Mowbray Road, Boundary Street, Willoughby Road and Eastern Valley Way and Victoria Avenue.The latter forms a pedestrian mall for the section running through the main retail area.

Schools

Chatswood is home to private and public, primary and secondary schools. These include:

Parks

Chatswood Oval is located south of the railway station and features a grandstand and seating surrounding the oval. It is one of the Lower North Shore's largest sportsgrounds, and home ground of the Gordon Rugby Football Club. Beauchamp Park, located on Beauchamp Avenue, features a playground, an oval, a fenced dog area and a bike track. Chatswood is close to Lane Cove National Park.

Population

According to the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing, the population of Chatswood was 13,513, in area of 3.55km sq. The gender ratio of the suburb was Males 46% and Females 54%.

The proportion of residents born in Australia was 34.7%. Of the 65% of residents born overseas in Chatswood, most were born in China (10.8%), Hong Kong (7.6%), South Korea (7.3%), Taiwan (3.3%) and Japan (2.5%). 39.3% of people in Chatswood speak only English and 60.7% of the population speak a language other than English. The second largest language group are Chinese languages (27.7% of population), followed by Korean (7.6%), Japanese (2.9%), Indonesian (1.6%), Italian (1.5%), Croatian (0.7%), Arabic (0.4%), Tagalog (0.4%) and Greek (0.4%). Religious affiliation in the suburb are as follows, Non Religious(24.6%), Catholic (22.6%), Anglican (10.4%), Buddhism (8.1%), and Presbyterian & Reformed (4.4%).

Culture

Willoughby Spring Festival

The Willoughby Spring Festival is an annual event in Chatswood. The festival is the second-largest in Lower Northern Sydney and is intended as testimony to a modern, multicultural and prosperous Chatswood. For more information visit Spring Festival.

References

  1. ^ http://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/ Willoughby City Council
  2. ^ The Mandarin Centre is located in Chatswood
  3. ^ Metro Chatswood Shopping Centre and Office Space For Lease in Sydney - Home
  4. ^ Westfield - Chatswood
  5. ^ Welcome to Willoughby City Council - 2007 Media Releases
  6. ^ Menulog lists 43 restaurants (Sep 2008) [1]
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