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State’s architect backs protection of Sydney modernist building in heritage battle We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement The NSW government architect is backing the protection of a prominent modernist building in the heart of North Sydney as those pushing for demolition say its retention doesn’t fit with the revival of the precinct. Abbie Galvin, who leads the state’s strategy on urban design, said the MLC building on Miller Street was a historically significant piece of architecture and impr...

FAMILY and friends embraced each other as the body of fisherman Robert Morley arrived in Newhaven Quay for his funeral this morning. As many as 100 people gathered at Fort Road to pay their respect to the fisherman, who died when his ship sank off the coast of the town last year. He was one of three crew members aboard the Joanna C. Captain Dave Bickerstaff was saved when he was pulled from the water by lifeboat crews but the body of 26-year-old Adam Harper was recovered by divers days later. A lone bagpiper played as Robert Morley's body was moved from Fort Road to the site of the cr...