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The Bergin style: âcourteous but firmâ
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Aside from being a very good commercial law judge, Patricia âPaddyâ Bergin had a reputation when she was on the bench for being a very capable administrator.
So when the Crown Casino inquiry started to reveal a company that was long on loyalty to James Packer but deficient on corporate process, it was always going to end badly.
âIt would have been a red rag to a bull,â said a senior Sydney lawyer.
âAn exceptionally capable woman âand a tough oneâ is how former NSW Chief Justice James Spigelman describes Ms Bergin.Â
Demolish Packerâs Pecker and reclaim the park it was meant to be
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Elizabeth FarrellyColumnist, author, architecture critic and essayist
February 12, 2021 â 11.00pm
February 12, 2021 â 11.00pm
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Patricia Bergin is my new hero. Her finding this week that Crown is âquite unsuitableâ to hold a casino licence in NSW blew across Sydney like a fresh autumn breeze. Now, letâs act on it. Letâs summon the courage, translate words into deeds. Demolish the wretched obelisk.
Tear it down? Crownâs Barangaroo casino on what had been meant for parkland.