", The same year the Turnbulls featured in a story on power couples in The Australian Financial Review. Close friend Judy Crawford, formerly Judy Joye, has known the couple for almost three decades. "I loved my time in city politics," Turnbull says. "That was expressed across his career in many different ways. Also a lawyer, he won a Military Cross in World War I, and like his father served on company boards. Lucy's great-uncle John Hughes was a chronic asthmatic; Turnbull and her son Alex are also asthmatics. ", Turnbull says Malcolm was incredibly supportive of her studies. She was educated at Kincoppal-Rose Bay, Frensham School in Mittagong,[2] and the University of Sydney, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1982. Geoff Roberts AM was appointed as Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission in April 2020. Malcolm Turnbull has made no secret of his dependence on his wife for counsel, paying tribute to her political nous and ability to counter his tendency to irrational exuberance. After two miscarriages, Lucy and Malcolm Turnbull had two children, Alex (b. Turnbull grew up in the fish bowl that is the Sydney establishment. Lucinda Mary Turnbull AO (née Hughes; born 30 March 1958) is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, and former local government politician. [4], Turnbull was elected to Council in 1999 on the Living Sydney independent platform and was immediately elevated to the position of Deputy Lord Mayor, serving under Lord Mayor Frank Sartor. She is also a board member of the NSW Cancer Institute. She was an independent member of the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority, which was charged with the urban renewal and revitalisation of several precincts in Sydney, including Redfern–Waterloo. How she balances her career with the duties of the PM's wife remains to be seen. "I like the puzzles and challenges that law throws up, the way you have to think through problems very clearly, and communicate the pluses and minuses of any situation." McWilliam is not surprised that Turnbull didn't continue at a traditional firm. She serves on boards of the Biennale of Sydney, the Redfern Foundation Limited and the Turnbull Foundation. On 26 January 2011, Turnbull was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 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. "It would have taken me a lot longer to get the confidence to think I could do something like that if somebody hadn't suggested it to me," she says now. Anne is deputy editor of Good Weekend magazine.
Alex and Daisy followed but it wasn't all smooth sailing; personal challenges included miscarriages and the juggling of family and the careers of two ambitious people. However, she underestimated the workload required with a young family.
She’s the most accomplished PM’s wife; her varied career augmented by a political pedigree Since her schooldays she'd been intrigued by the rise of buildings such as Australia Square and the loss of many of Sydney's Victorian-era buildings. And laugh.
It was a seminal time also because Turnbull questioned her Catholic faith. and for having an opinion, or are otherwise typecast as a Lady Macbeth – or more lately, the fictitious Claire Underwood from House of Cards. From there she followed in the well-trodden steps of her Hughes forbears and enrolled in a law degree at the University of Sydney. Turnbull says "it was perfect" timing. Turnbull is a former deputy chair of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) City Expert Advisory Panel (appointed July 2010), which reported to the COAG Reform Council. Turnbull says her reason for entering local government was not political.
"Lucy is a quite a brittle person," says one who has worked with her.
I try to communicate what the key tasks and challenges are in any situation so people understand where I'm coming from.". This distinguished her from Malcolm, who had a preponderance of political ambition. On the night that Tony Abbott would be dispatched as prime minister, Lucy Turnbull made a hurried, last-minute flight to Canberra. It was a case of Meet the Turnbulls and, from the outside at least, their partnership looked enviable.
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