Sydney's A$915m Powerhouse Parramatta opens with its chief executive still sidelined
The largest museum ever built in New South Wales opens on 7 November while a government misconduct investigation keeps its suspended chief executive, who denies any wrongdoing, away from it.
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Powerhouse Parramatta, which the New South Wales government calls the largest museum ever built in the state, opens to the public on Saturday 7 November. It does so without Lisa Havilah, the chief executive who led the Powerhouse through the project. She was suspended in August amid a government misconduct investigation, and she denies any wrongdoing.
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- ABC News Suspended Powerhouse CEO Lisa Havilah issues statement as documents reveal she declared perceived conflicts of interest abc.net.au
- ABC News Misconduct investigation underway into two Powerhouse Museum senior executives abc.net.au
- The Art Newspaper Sydney's new $641m Powerhouse arts and science museum to open amid crisis theartnewspaper.com
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- ABC News: Suspended Powerhouse CEO Lisa Havilah issues statement as documents reveal she declared perceived conflicts of interest
- ABC News: Misconduct investigation underway into two Powerhouse Museum senior executives
- NSW Government: Full exhibition program for Powerhouse Parramatta revealed
- NSW Government: Powerhouse Parramatta
- Powerhouse: Full exhibition program for Powerhouse Parramatta revealed
- The Art Newspaper: Sydney's new $641m Powerhouse arts and science museum to open amid crisis
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