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City life
The Turnbulls’ dream to make western Sydney as liveable as the east
The power couple wants to reimagine western Sydney suburbia by making it greener, more walkable and more densely populated.
- by Matthew Knott
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Philanthropist leads call to lift women’s lagging economic security
Nicola Forrest and other high-profile women from across the business and political spectrum are demanding big investment in childcare and gender equality.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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Australia votes
‘The real reason is the environment’: Allegra Spender to run as Wentworth independent
The daughter of eastern suburbs darling-designer Carla Zampatti and former Liberal MP John Spender, Allegra Spender, seems tailor-made to capture the blue-ribbon Liberal seat of Wentworth at the next election.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Power, money, family, politics: The Turnbull lawsuit
Alex Turnbull is suing the chief executive of a Sydney investment firm for $12 million over allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct. But the case has raised wider questions about the strength of Australia’s political disclosure laws.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Women can be PMs, premiers and judges, but not members of elite Sydney club: Turnbull
Lucy Turnbull, a successful businesswoman, philanthropist and former Sydney lord mayor, says the issue of membership at the Australian Club is a very personal one for her.
- by Andrew Hornery
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Climate policy
How Turnbull’s new role was ended before it even began
Environment Minister Matt Kean spent the Easter weekend fielding calls, trying to devise a plan on how he could both save face and a critical government seat.
- by Alexandra Smith
Sydney’s natural beauty holding city back: NSW Treasurer
Dominic Perrottet has called on people to shun mediocrity, saying other great cities around the world are not able to lean on their beauty.
- by Angus Thompson
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Art
Lucy Turnbull named chair of Sydney Opera House
The announcement means that the Opera House will be led by two women for the first time in its 47-year history.
- by Linda Morris
Lucy Turnbull steps down from the Greater Sydney Commission
Ms Turnbull said she would be "going back to the family business" more than four years after she was appointed to lead planning strategies for the metropolitan area.
- by Megan Gorrey
Fresh inquiry into Powerhouse Museum
A parliamentary inquiry has been launched into the Berejiklian government's $1.5 billion plan to relocate the Powerhouse Museum to Parramatta.
- by Linda Morris
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Development
Lucy Turnbull warns Parramatta precinct must avoid 'mistakes' of Green Square, Leppington
The Greater Sydney Commission says the area can accommodate up to 95,000 new dwellings and 122,000 new jobs by 2036.
- by Michael Koziol