NSW's 19 new councils

THE NEW-LOOK NSW COUNCILS FOLLOWING MERGERS:

* Armidale Regional Council (Armidale, Dumaresq and Guyra)

* Canterbury-Bankstown Council (Bankstown and Canterbury)

* Central Coast Council (Gosford and Wyong)

* City of Parramatta Council (Parramatta and part of Hills, Auburn, Holroyd and Hornsby)

* Cumberland Council (Auburn and Holroyd)

* Edward River Council (Conargo and Deniliquin)

* Federation Council (Corowa and Urana)

* Georges River Council (Hurstville and Kogarah)

* Gundagai Council (Cootamundra and Gundagai)

* Snowy Monaro Regional Council (Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River)

* Hilltops Council (Boorowa, Harden and Young)

* Inner West Council (Ashfield, Leichhardt and Marrickville)

* Mid-Coast Council (Gloucester, Great Lakes and Greater Taree)

* Murray River Council (Murray and Wakool)

* Murrumbidgee Council (Jerilderie and Murrumbidgee)

* Northern Beaches Council (Manly, Pittwater and Warringah)

* Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council (Queanbeyan and Palerang)

* Snowy Valleys Council (Tumut and Tumbarumba)

* Western Plains Regional Council (Dubbo and Wellington)

COUNCIL MERGERS AWAITING LEGAL OUTCOMES

* Botany and Rockdale

* Randwick, Waverley and Woollahra

* Bathurst and Oberon

* Ku-ring-gai and Hornsby

* Mosman, North Sydney and Willoughby

* Blayney, Cabonne and Orange

* Hunters Hill, Lane Cove and Ryde

* Burwood, Canada Bay and Strathfield

* Shellharbour and Wollongong

MERGER PROPOSALS PENDING

* Newcastle and Port Stephens

* Dungog and Maitland

* Armidale-Dumaresq, Guyra, Walcha and Uralla