Travel on buses,trains,ferries and light rail will be free in all metropolitan and regional areas of the state on September 11,with passengers not required to tap on or off until midnight.
NSW governor Margaret Beazley is joined by other dignitaries to proclaim King Charles the sovereign.
An official ceremony will be held at NSW Parliament at 12.30pm,where NSW governor Margaret Beazley will be joined by other dignitaries to proclaim King Charles the sovereign following the death of his mother,Queen Elizabeth.
Macquarie Street will be closed to allow members of the public to witness the ceremony,which will include the NSW Police band playing the British national anthem,God Save The King,followed by the Australian national anthem and a royal salute.
The event will by the Governor-General David Hurley.
A portrait of Queen Elizabeth at Government House in Sydney.Toby Zerna
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to lead a meeting of ministers at Government House in Canberra at 11am to formally recommend the governor-general to issue the proclamation in Australia.
Hurley will then travel to Parliament House where a 21-gun salute will ring out as the proclamation is made.
Since the Queen’s death,tributes across NSW have included flags flying at half-mast,which will continue for 10 days,the laying of flowers at Government House in Sydney,and the tolling of bells in the city. The bells rang out 96 times,one for each year of the Queen’s life.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet lays flowers at Government House in Sydney on Friday.Dominic Lorrimer
After King Charles is proclaimed,flags currently flying at half-mast will temporarily be raised to full mast. They will return to half-mast at sunset.
In a statement on Friday,NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet noted that Queen Elizabeth was the first reigning monarch to visit Australia.
“Queen Elizabeth set foot for the first time on Australian soil in 1954 at Farm Cove in Sydney Harbour where an unprecedented crowd of more than one million people greeted her,” he said.
“The public’s overwhelming jubilation and enthusiasm at seeing the young monarch was the beginning of the state’s long-held joy in her frequent visits.
“Her Late Majesty will forever be connected to pivotal moments in our state’s history.”
King Charles III speaks during his proclamation ceremony at the Accession Council in London.Getty
This included officially opening the NSW Parliament in 1954,the Sydney Opera House in 1973,Parramatta Stadium in 1986 and Darling Harbour in 1988.
The Queen also visited a number of regional areas,including Newcastle,Lismore,Orange,Dubbo,Armidale,Tamworth and Wagga Wagga.
King Charles has also visited Australia frequently,most recently in 2018.
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