Lucy Turnbull
Lucy Turnbull | |
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Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia | |
Assumed office 15 September 2015 | |
Preceded by | Margie Abbott |
Lord Mayor of Sydney | |
In office 22 March 2003 – 1 March 2004 | |
Deputy | Dixie Coulton |
Preceded by | Frank Sartor |
Succeeded by | Clover Moore |
Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney | |
In office 18 September 1999 – 7 April 2003 | |
Lord Mayor | Frank Sartor |
Preceded by | Henry Tsang |
Succeeded by | Dixie Coulton |
Personal details | |
Born | Lucinda Mary Hughes 30 March 1958 Mittagong, New South Wales |
Political party | Liberal Party |
Spouse | Malcolm Turnbull (m. 1980) |
Children | 2 |
Parent | Tom Hughes (father) |
Relatives | Robert Hughes (uncle) Geoffrey Forrest Hughes (grandfather) |
Alma mater | University of Sydney University of New South Wales |
Lucinda Mary "Lucy" Turnbull AO (née Hughes; born 30 March 1958) is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, and former local government politician. She served as the Lord Mayor of Sydney from 2003 to 2004 (the first woman to hold the position), having first been elected to the Sydney City Council in 1999. Since leaving office, Turnbull has served in city planning roles, as a company director, and as a board member of various non-profit organisations. Her husband, Malcolm Turnbull, is the Prime Minister of Australia.
Early life and education
Born Lucinda Mary Hughes, Turnbull is the daughter of Tom Hughes, a former Attorney-General of Australia.[1] Her great-grandfather was Sir Thomas Hughes, the first Lord Mayor of Sydney. She was educated at Kincoppal School, Frensham School in Mittagong,[2] and the University of Sydney, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (in 1982).[3] Turnbull also holds a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management of the University of New South Wales.
Political career
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Lucy Turnbull was elected to Council in 1999 on the Living Sydney independent platform and immediately held the position of Deputy Lord Mayor, serving under Lord Mayor Frank Sartor. When Sartor resigned as Lord Mayor to enter NSW politics, Turnbull was elected as his replacement. In early 2004, the Carr Labor government dismissed the City of Sydney and South Sydney Councils and forced their amalgamation.[4][5] Turnbull was subsequently appointed as one of three Commissioners assigned with the responsibility of establishing a new governance structure for the merged council entity. Turnbull later recalled, feeling the pressure of the Carr Labor government, approached Clover Moore and encouraged her to run as Lord Mayor in the hope that Labor would not gain control of the City of Sydney.[6]
As Lord Mayor, Turnbull awarded Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi the keys to the city of Sydney in 2003.[7]
Business and community involvement
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With a background in commercial law and investment banking, Turnbull is a Director of Turnbull & Partners Pty Ltd, a private investment company. She also chairs ASX listed biotechnology company Prima Biomed Limited.
Turnbull has a long-standing interest in cities and their planning, governance and management, as well as the importance of technological innovation to the national economy. In 1999, she published a book called Sydney: Biography of a City. She is an independent member of the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority, which is charged with the urban renewal and revitalisation of several precincts in Sydney, including Redfern–Waterloo. She was an independent member of the Redfern–Waterloo Authority from its establishment in 2004 until its repeal in December 2011. Since 2005, she has been a board member of the Australian Technology Park, Redfern. Since 2012, she has been the chair of the Committee for Sydney, a think tank for Greater Sydney representing public, private and not-for-profit sectors and focussed on the future of the metropolitan city.[8]
Since July 2010, Turnbull has been deputy chair of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) City Expert Advisory Panel, which reports to the COAG Reform Council. The Expert Panel was charged with preparing a report published on 1 March 2012, advising COAG Reform Council on whether metropolitan planning systems were consistent with agreed COAG criteria.
Lucy Turnbull has also been active in the not-for-profit sector and is currently a member of the board of the United States Studies Centre at Sydney University, the Biennale of Sydney, the Redfern Foundation Limited and the Turnbull Foundation. She is the Patron of DICE Kids, an organisation created at Policy Hack in 2015. She is also a board member of the NSW Cancer Institute. She has previously chaired the Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation, the Sydney Cancer Centre and the Sydney Festival Limited. From 2006–2010, she was a board member of Melbourne IT and before that a board member of WebCentral Limited.
On 26 January 2011, Turnbull was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for her distinguished service to the community, particularly through philanthropic contributions to, and fundraising support for, a range of medical, social welfare, educational, youth and cultural organisations, to local government, and to business.[9]
Lucy chaired the Committee for Sydney from 2012 to 2015. In 2015 she was appointed Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission. "Commissioners - Chief Commissioner". Search Australian Honours. Greater Sydney Commission]. Retrieved 12 December 2017.</ref>
Personal life
Lucy Hughes was aged 19 when she met Malcolm Turnbull, who was aged 23.[10][11][12] At the request of Malcolm Turnbull, his friend Bob Carr arranged a date between Turnbull and Hughes.[citation needed] Hughes and Turnbull were married on 22 March 1980[13][14] in Cumnor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom by a Church of England priest, despite Turnbull then being Presbyterian and Hughes Roman Catholic.[13] After two miscarriages, Lucy and Malcolm Turnbull had two children, Alex (b. 1982) and Daisy (b. 1985).[1] Malcolm Turnbull has been a member of the House of Representatives for Wentworth since 2004, representing the Liberal Party. He has had two stints as the party's leader, and in that capacity he is the current Prime Minister of Australia.[15]
The couple reside at The Lodge.[16] They own properties in Sydney, the Hunter Valley and an apartment in Canberra.[17][18] They also own an apartment in New York City.[18]
Published works
- Turnbull, Lucy (1999). Sydney – biography of a city. Random House. ISBN 0-09-183905-X.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ a b Hawkins, Belinda (3 August 2009). "Lucy Turnbull interview" (transcript). Australian Story. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ Lucy Turnbull: Malcolm's right-hand woman
- ^ Wade, Kirsten. "Lucy Turnbull shares her vision of Sydney at Graduate Connections Breakfast". University of Sydney.
- ^ "Lord Mayor Launches Broadside Against Forced Council Merger Plan" (Press release). City of Sydney. 27 January 2004. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ "Turnbull, Lucy". Trove. National Library of Australia. 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Davies, Anne (29 September 2015). "Prime Minister's wife Lucy Turnbull assessing board roles to ensure no conflicts of interest". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
- ^ Turnbull, Lucy (8 March 2010). "UN must step up for the women of Burma". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ "The Committee for Sydney | Board". www.sydney.org.au. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
- ^ "Turnbull, Lucy Hughes". Search Australian Honours. Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "First Speech". University of Sydney: Malcolm Turnbull MP.
- ^ Hall, Eleanor (30 November 2004). "Malcolm Turnbull's maiden parliamentary speech". ABC.
- ^ "The rise and rise of Malcolm Turnbull". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 16 September 2008.
- ^ a b Hawkins, Belinda (3 August 2009). "Malcolm Turnbull interview" (transcript). Australian Story. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ "About Malcolm". Malcolm Turnbull – Member for Wentworth. Malcolm Turnbull – Federal Member for Wentworth. 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ "Malcolm Turnbull topples Tony Abbott in Liberal leadership ballot". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ^ Ireland, Judith (25 January 2016). "The Turnbulls take The Lodge". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ "How Malcolm Turnbull invests". Australian Financial Review. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Inside Malcolm Turnbull's Point Piper mansion". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
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