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Stopgap leadership at Powerhouse as probe under way

An interim chief executive will steer the $915 million Powerhouse Parramatta towards opening day, as museum leaders face a misconduct investigation.

AAP · Aug 31

Powerhouse Parramatta was meant to reshape Sydney’s cultural map. Now its leadership is under scrutiny

The chief executive who has spent seven years overseeing one of Australia’s most ambitious cultural infrastructure projects has stepped aside, just ten weeks before it was due to open.

The Conversation · Aug 28

‘Cultural vandalism’: Powerhouse Museum’s landmark steam engine under threat, experts warn

Experts claim dismantling the world’s oldest working rotative steam engine is ‘extremely risky’, but museum says specialist engineers have advised it can be done safely

The Guardian - AU · May 9, 2023