How Keating kept alive his bid to demolish the Cahill Expressway

By Sean Nicholls
Updated June 15 2017 - 12:48am, first published 12:42am
In progress image of Sydney Modern Project, view from north-east, as produced by SANAA.
Featuring artworks top to bottom: Tony Albert, Frontier Wars (Flying Fox Story Place), 2014, ???? Tony Albert; Reko Rennie, Murri Totems, 2013, ???? Reko Rennie, courtesy of the artist and Blackartprojects.
???? Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2017
*** This image may only be used in conjunction with editorial coverage of the Art Gallery of New South Wales??????s Sydney Modern Project. This image may not be cropped or overwritten. Prior approval in writing required for use as a cover. The caption as supplied must accompany the reproduction of the image. Media contact: Bianca.Tomanovic@ag.nsw.gov.au ***

 3D renderings of proposed expansion of AGNSW
In progress image of Sydney Modern Project, view from north-east, as produced by SANAA. Featuring artworks top to bottom: Tony Albert, Frontier Wars (Flying Fox Story Place), 2014, ???? Tony Albert; Reko Rennie, Murri Totems, 2013, ???? Reko Rennie, courtesy of the artist and Blackartprojects. ???? Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2017 *** This image may only be used in conjunction with editorial coverage of the Art Gallery of New South Wales??????s Sydney Modern Project. This image may not be cropped or overwritten. Prior approval in writing required for use as a cover. The caption as supplied must accompany the reproduction of the image. Media contact: Bianca.Tomanovic@ag.nsw.gov.au *** 3D renderings of proposed expansion of AGNSW

Once a harsh critic of the $344 million Sydney Modern expansion of the Art Gallery of NSW, Paul Keating played a crucial role shaping the final plans backed by the state government.

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