Taylor Square should be renamed: O'Farrell NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell wants a square in the heart of Sydney's gay district renamed. NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell wants a square in the heart of Sydney's gay district renamed in honour of former high court judge Michael Kirby. A pedestrian crossing on Oxford Street near Taylor Square has been repainted in rainbow colours ahead of this weekend's Mardi Gras. Mr O'Farrell has criticised the move, an initiative of City of Sydney Council, because he says the rainbow bands could confuse pedestrians. "Successive governments spend a lot of money on trying to get people to understand what is a crossing, how to behave around a crossing," he told Fairfax Radio on Friday. I don't want to get in the way of that education program. Instead, Mr O'Farrell wants to rename Taylor Square after Justice Kirby, who has campaigned to end discrimination against the gay community. Why not rename Taylor Square after a great individual? Someone whose life epitomises not just the opportunity that we give to people regardless of their sexual orientation but someone who has worked all of his life to try and ensure that discrimination and prejudices are broken down. Mr O'Farrell said most people wouldn't be aware the square was currently named after a convict. If people on Oxford Street were asked whose name the square bore, he thought they'd say US actress Elizabeth Taylor, who died in 2011.