Lucy Turnbull

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Lucy Turnbull

| honorific-suffix = AO

| image = Lucy Turnbull in 2015.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Turnbull in 2015

| office2 = 79th Lord Mayor of Sydney

| deputy2 = Dixie Coulton

| term_start2 = 7 April 2003

| term_end2 = 6 February 2004

| predecessor2 = Frank Sartor

| successor2 = Clover Moore

| office3 = 21st Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney

| 2blankname3 = Lord Mayor

| 2namedata3 = Frank Sartor

| term_start3 = 18 September 1999

| term_end3 = 7 April 2003

| predecessor3 = Henry Tsang

| successor3 = Dixie Coulton

| office4 = Councillor of the City of Sydney

| term_start4 = September 1999

| term_end4 = 6 February 2004

| office5 = Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia

| term_label5 = In role

| term_start5 = 15 September 2015

| term_end5 = 24 August 2018

| predecessor5 = Margie Abbott

| successor5 = Jenny Morrison

| birthname = Lucinda Mary Hughes

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|3|30}}

| birth_place = Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| spouse = {{marriage|Malcolm Turnbull|1980}}

| children = 2

| parents = Tom Hughes (father)

| relatives = Robert Hughes (uncle)
Geoffrey Forrest Hughes (grandfather)
Thomas Hughes (great-grandfather)

| party = Liberal{{cite web |last1=Turnbull |first1=Lucy |title='Think my membership formally lapses in June...' |url=https://twitter.com/LucyTurnbull_AO/status/1643839860657250304 |publisher=Twitter}}

| otherparty = Living City Independents (1999–2004)

| alma_mater = University of Sydney
University of New South Wales

}}

Lucinda Mary Turnbull {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (née Hughes; born 30 March 1958) is an Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, and former local government politician. She served on the Sydney City Council from 1999 to 2004, including as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 2003 to 2004 – the first woman to hold the position. She has since held positions on a number of urban planning bodies, including as chief commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission from 2015 to 2020. Her husband Malcolm Turnbull was prime minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018.

Early life and education

Born Lucinda Mary Hughes, Turnbull is the daughter of Tom Hughes, a former Attorney-General of Australia. Her great-grandfather was Sir Thomas Hughes, the first Lord Mayor of Sydney. She was educated at Kincoppal-Rose Bay, Frensham School in Mittagong,[http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/lucy-turnbull-malcolms-righthand-woman-20150207-138mfz.html Lucy Turnbull: Malcolm's right-hand woman] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109173623/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/lucy-turnbull-malcolms-righthand-woman-20150207-138mfz.html |date=9 January 2016 }} Sydney Girls High School{{cite web| url = https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/theres-something-about-lucy-20151008-gk3xq2| title = There's something about Lucy Turnbull (and it's not Malcolm)| date = 10 December 2015}} and the University of Sydney, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1982.{{cite web|url=https://secureau.imodules.com/s/965/index.aspx?sid=965&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=3048&ecid=3048&ciid=11377&crid=0|title=Lucy Turnbull shares her vision of Sydney at Graduate Connections Breakfast|first=Kirsten|last=Wade|publisher=University of Sydney|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235738/https://secureau.imodules.com/s/965/index.aspx?sid=965&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=3048&ecid=3048&ciid=11377&crid=0|archive-date=30 December 2013|df=dmy-all}} Turnbull also holds a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management of the University of New South Wales. In September 2017, Turnbull received an honorary Doctorate of Letters for her substantial and sustained service and contribution to the University and to the Greater Western Sydney region.{{cite web|url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/western_sydney_university_celebrates_september_graduation2/graduation_content/honorary_awards2|title=Western Sydney University recognises outstanding Australians with honorary awards in September|publisher=Western Sydney University|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212193206/https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/western_sydney_university_celebrates_september_graduation2/graduation_content/honorary_awards2|archive-date=12 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}

Political career

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. When Sartor resigned as Lord Mayor to enter NSW politics, Turnbull was elected as his replacement.{{cite web |title=Lucy Turnbull |url=http://www.sydneyaldermen.com.au/alderman/lucy-turnbull |website=Sydney's Aldermen |publisher=City of Sydney |access-date=17 June 2018}} In early 2004, the Carr Labor government dismissed the City of Sydney and South Sydney Councils and forced their amalgamation.{{cite press release |url=http://www.sydneymedia.com.au/2473-lord-mayor-launches-broadside-against-forced-council-merger-plan/ |title=Lord Mayor Launches Broadside Against Forced Council Merger Plan |publisher=City of Sydney |date=27 January 2004 |access-date=31 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731145938/http://www.sydneymedia.com.au/2473-lord-mayor-launches-broadside-against-forced-council-merger-plan/ |archive-date=31 July 2017 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite journal |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1538725?c=people |title=Turnbull, Lucy |journal=Trove |publication-date=2014 |publisher=National Library of Australia |access-date=31 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731105736/http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1538725?c=people |archive-date=31 July 2017 |df=dmy-all }} 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, 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.{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Anne |author-link=Anne Davies (Australian journalist) |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/prime-ministers-wife-lucy-turnbull-assessing-roles-on-various-boards-to-ensure-no-conflicts-of-interest-20150928-gjwpmo.html |title=Prime Minister's wife Lucy Turnbull assessing board roles to ensure no conflicts of interest |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=29 September 2015 |access-date=31 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801183828/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/prime-ministers-wife-lucy-turnbull-assessing-roles-on-various-boards-to-ensure-no-conflicts-of-interest-20150928-gjwpmo.html |archive-date=1 August 2017 |df=dmy-all }}

As Lord Mayor, Turnbull awarded Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi the keys to the city of Sydney in 2003.{{cite news | last=Turnbull | first=Lucy | url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/un-must-step-up-for-the-women-of-burma-20100307-pqhv.html | title=UN must step up for the women of Burma | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=8 March 2010 | access-date=31 October 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605100951/http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/un-must-step-up-for-the-women-of-burma-20100307-pqhv.html | archive-date=5 June 2010 | df=dmy-all }}

Business and community involvement

With a background in commercial law and investment banking, Turnbull is a Director and Secretary of Turnbull & Partners Pty Ltd, a private investment company.{{cite web|title=TURNBULL & PARTNERS PTY LIMITED Company Profile / SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia / Competitors, Financials & Contacts|website=Dun & Bradstreet|url=https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.turnbull__partners_pty_limited.63d457fc2af43de4cc40364b28884db2.html#contact-anchor|access-date=27 February 2022}} From October 2010 to November 17, 2017 she was Non-Executive Chairman of biotechnology company Prima BioMed Limited.{{cite web|title=Prima BioMed Chairman's Address 2017 A.G.M.|date=17 November 2017|website=Immutep Limited|url=https://www.immutep.com/files/content/investor/press-release/2017/1740956.pdf|access-date=27 February 2022}} She was appointed on 25 February 2022 as a Non-Executive Director of ASX listed Immutep (formerly Prima BioMed Ltd).{{cite web|title=Immutep Appoints Lucy Turnbull as Non-Executive Director|date=25 February 2022|website=Immutep Limited Press release|url=https://www.immutep.com/files/content/investor/press-release/2022/Immutep%20Appoints%20Lucy%20Turnbull%20as%20Non-Executive%20Director%20-%2025Feb2022.pdf|access-date=27 February 2022}}

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 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. She was an independent member of the Redfern–Waterloo Authority from its establishment in 2004 until its repeal in December 2011. She is a former board member of the Australian Technology Park, Redfern. From 2004 until 2011, Turnbull served as Deputy Chair of the Committee for Sydney, a think tank for Greater Sydney representing public, private and not-for-profit sectors and focused on the future of the metropolitan city,{{Cite web|url=http://www.sydney.org.au/board|title=The Committee for Sydney {{!}} Board|website=www.sydney.org.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508014746/http://www.sydney.org.au/board|archive-date=8 May 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=2015-09-15|df=dmy-all}} and chaired it from 2011 until 2015.

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. 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.

Turnbull has also been active in the not-for-profit sector. She serves on boards of 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 and Patron of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. 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 (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.{{cite web|title=Turnbull, Lucy Hughes|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1143423|work=Search Australian Honours|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia|date=26 January 2011|access-date=2011-01-26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629135428/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1143423&search_type=quick&showInd=true|archive-date=29 June 2011|df=dmy-all}}

In 2012, Turnbull was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Business by the University of NSW,{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/business/honorary-doctorate-lucy-turnbull |title=Honorary Doctorate for Lucy Turnbull |work=UNSW Newsroom |date=31 May 2012 |publisher=University of New South Wales |access-date=8 June 2025 |author= }} and in 2016, she was appointed adjunct professor at the Faculty of Built Environment, University of NSW.{{cite web |url=https://www.be.unsw.edu.au/news/lucy-turnbull-appointed-adjunct-professor-unsw |title=Lucy Turnbull appointed Adjunct Professor at UNSW |date=21 October 2016 |publisher=UNSW Faculty of Built Environment |access-date=27 July 2018}} In 2017, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Western Sydney University which she received for her substantial and sustained service and contribution to the University and the Greater Western Sydney region.{{cite web |url=https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/western_sydney_university_celebrates_september_graduation2/graduation_content/honorary_awards2 |title=Western Sydney University recognises outstanding Australians with honorary awards in September |date=8 September 2017 |publisher=Western Sydney University |access-date=27 July 2018}}

Turnbull chaired the Committee for Sydney from 2012 to 2015. In 2015 she was appointed Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission,{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/lucy-turnbull-to-run-greater-sydney-commission-20151203-gleai8.html|title=Lucy Turnbull to run Greater Sydney Commission|last=Saulwick|first=Jacob|date=2015-12-03|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2017-12-06|language=en-US}}{{cite web |title=Commissioners - Chief Commissioner - Lucy Hughes Turnbull AO |url=https://www.greater.sydney/commissioners-chief-commissioner |publisher=Greater Sydney Commission |access-date=17 June 2018}} a role she fulfilled until March 2020 when she resigned to work with her husband in their family business.{{Cite web|last=Gorrey|first=Megan|date=2020-03-24|title=Lucy Turnbull steps down from the Greater Sydney Commission|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/lucy-turnbull-steps-down-from-the-greater-sydney-commission-20200324-p54dal.html|access-date=2020-06-14|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}

Turnbull was appointed chair of the Sydney Opera House Trust, commencing 1 January 2021.{{Cite web|last=Morris|first=Linda|date=2020-12-02|title=Lucy Turnbull named chair of Sydney Opera House|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/lucy-turnbull-named-chair-of-sydney-opera-house-20201130-p56j4c.html|access-date=2020-12-02|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}}

Personal life

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Lucy Hughes was aged 19 when she met Malcolm Turnbull, who was aged 23.{{cite web|url=http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/meet-malcolm/first-speech|title=First Speech|publisher=Malcolm Turnbull MP|location=University of Sydney|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114140735/http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/meet-malcolm/first-speech|archive-date=14 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1254845.htm|title=Malcolm Turnbull's maiden parliamentary speech|first=Eleanor|last=Hall|date=30 November 2004|publisher=ABC|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102024805/http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2004/s1254845.htm|archive-date=2 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/the-rise-and-rise-of-malcolm-turnbull/2008/09/16/1221330800769.html|title=The rise and rise of Malcolm Turnbull|date=16 September 2008|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712125146/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/the-rise-and-rise-of-malcolm-turnbull/2008/09/16/1221330800769.html|archive-date=12 July 2016|df=dmy-all}} Their first date was a dinner with Bob Carr and his wife Helena.{{cite news |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/weekend-australian-magazine/the-opportunist/news-story/7991c04cc3d224df6b7f61f90af37852?sv=c37fdbcdc4e8bb3e649f5bbee559759 |title=The opportunist |first=Jennifer |last=Hewett |date=25 October 2008 |work=The Australian |access-date=27 July 2018}} Hughes and Turnbull were married on 22 March 1980{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2015/s4316999.htm|title=Malcolm Turnbull interview|format=transcript|first=Belinda|last=Hawkins|date=3 August 2009|work=Australian Story|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811193555/http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2015/s4316999.htm|archive-date=11 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web | url=http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/about/about-2/ | title=About Malcolm | work=Malcolm Turnbull – Member for Wentworth | publisher=Malcolm Turnbull – Federal Member for Wentworth | year=2010 | access-date=2010-10-31 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017224046/http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/about/about-2/ | archive-date=17 October 2010 | df=dmy-all }} in Cumnor, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom by a Church of England priest, despite Turnbull then being Presbyterian and Hughes Roman Catholic. After two miscarriages, Lucy and Malcolm Turnbull had two children, Alex (b. 1982) and Daisy (b. 1985).{{cite news | last=Hawkins | first=Belinda | format=transcript | url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2015/s4316998.htm | title=Lucy Turnbull interview | work=Australian Story | publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=3 August 2009 | access-date=2010-10-31 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929204258/http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2015/s4316998.htm | archive-date=29 September 2015 | df=dmy-all }} Malcolm Turnbull was a member of the House of Representatives for Wentworth between 2004 and 2018, representing the Liberal Party. He had two stints as the party's leader, and in that capacity, in his second term served as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, in the Turnbull government.{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-14/malcolm-turnbull-beats-tony-abbott-in-liberal-leadership-ballot/6774546 | title=Malcolm Turnbull topples Tony Abbott in Liberal leadership ballot | work=ABC News | date=14 September 2015 | location=Australia | access-date=2015-09-14 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915004432/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-14/malcolm-turnbull-beats-tony-abbott-in-liberal-leadership-ballot/6774546 | archive-date=15 September 2015 | df=dmy-all }}

During her husband's term as prime minister, the couple resided at The Lodge.{{cite web |last=Ireland |first=Judith |date=25 January 2016 |title=The Turnbulls take The Lodge |url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/the-turnbulls-take-the-lodge-hosting-housewarming-party-20160125-gmdd8d/ |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=25 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113141903/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/the-turnbulls-take-the-lodge-hosting-housewarming-party-20160125-gmdd8d/ |archive-date=13 November 2016 |df=dmy-all }} They own properties in Sydney, the Hunter Valley and an apartment in Canberra.{{cite web|url=http://www.afr.com/personal-finance/how-malcolm-turnbull-invests-20150722-giij8k|work=Australian Financial Review|title=How Malcolm Turnbull invests|date=18 August 2015|access-date=16 September 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918005636/http://www.afr.com/personal-finance/how-malcolm-turnbull-invests-20150722-giij8k|archive-date=18 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.domain.com.au/news/inside-malcolm-turnbulls-point-piper-mansion-20150206-137xhj/|title=Inside Malcolm Turnbull's Point Piper mansion|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=15 September 2015|access-date=16 September 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916194204/http://www.domain.com.au/news/inside-malcolm-turnbulls-point-piper-mansion-20150206-137xhj/|archive-date=16 September 2015|df=dmy-all}} They also own an apartment in New York City.