 Strickland had leaked to the press that he was about to dismiss the premier, William Holman.However, the King had been acting at the request of Holman, and the King had acted according to convention, on the advice of his chief minister.In 1980 Neville Wran, the Premier of New South Wales, announced his intention to introduce a bill that would require the Queen to be advised by Australian state ministers alone on matters concerning the governance of that state.