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‘Everything had been on hold’: Powerhouse Museum announces program after rocky few years – The Guardian

Chief executive Lisa Havilah has faced a series of setbacks and controversies since stepping up in 2019. Now the Ultimo site can finally unveil what’s next

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The Powerhouse Museums chief executive Lisa Havilah has endured a rocky ride since her appointment, with an insecure future facing the Ultimo site, a Covid-19 enforced lockdown, and a deluge of controversy surrounding the museums expansion to Parramatta.
By the time Havilah stepped up, in 2019, the Powerhouse Museum was more than $3m in the red, despite receiving $28m in recurrent annual funding. In 2020 the New South Wales premiers department delivered an emergency injection of a further $5.3m…

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