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Julie Power

Julie Power

Julie Power is a senior reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.

A woman is treated on Coogee Beach after being bitten by a shark.

‘It just turned into havoc’: Woman in critical condition after shark attack at Coogee Beach

Witnesses have described the terrifying scene when a woman was bitten by a three-metre shark at the popular eastern suburbs beach.

  • Julie Power, Jessica McSweeney, Kate Aubusson and Rachel Rasker

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Brush turkeys are taking over Sydney suburbs.

From 20 Sydney suburbs to 300: The brush turkey invasion in your backyard

Australian brush turkeys are ranging across Sydney these days. While many people think they are a pest, they’re listed as a protected species.

  • Julie Power
Architect Alexander Symes.

Why even takeaway coffee cups will be used to rebuild this Sydney home

Architect Alexander Symes is trying to build a new home for his family where everything is used and nothing leaves the site. And he means everything.

  • Julie Power
Collier’s home is an unusual shape to catch the sun and provide privacy on a tricky block.

Most people thought this block was too hard to build on. But not Stephen

Stephen Collier’s home is shortlisted for two major architecture awards. It also marks a remarkable recovery and shows the power of our homes as a refuge and remedy.

  • Julie Power
Philip Vivian of Bates Smart outside the old Bank of China offices on York Street, and artist’s impressions of how the conversion to a hotel will look.

‘Carpet up the wall’: How this Sydney retro hotel conversion will embrace the ’70s

A former bank headquarters encapsulated the early 1970s, and its spirit is being retained in a conversion into a new lifestyle hotel.

  • Julie Power
Architects Daniel North and Catherine Downie, and owner Will Blackwell at the Corner Shop House in Camperdown.

The two Sydney transformations that are reimagining what a corner shop can be

Shop-top life ain’t what it used to be. As Sydney moves towards greater density and rethinks housing, these transformations show what’s possible.

  • Julie Power
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Susan and Garry Rothwell pictured in North Sydney following the announcement of their gift to the University of Sydney. They chose the location because they admire the new Victoria Cross metro station.

$40 million gift to a school where love and architecture bloomed

A new precinct at the University of Sydney will cater for a rise in enrolments.

  • Julie Power
Hannah Burton and Marc Cote explore the tunnels under the Con in Sydney.

The quest to find Sydney’s phantom love tunnel

We took an opera singer, a tour guide and leading lights from the Con on an underground hunt for a mythical Sydney tunnel. Here’s what we found.

  • Julie Power
Official opening of Olympic Park Station in 19988.

‘A failure of imagination’: The Sydney train station at risk of losing its prized roof

The vaulted roof of one of the most awarded buildings in Sydney, designed to welcome visitors arriving by train at the 2000 Olympics, is under threat.

  • Julie Power and Ellie Busby
Laneways of Sydney.

Sydney’s laneways were abandoned to rats and garbage trucks. Now they’re being reclaimed for humans

From the birdsong of Angel Place to the inspirational messages of Abercrombie Street, take a tour of Sydney’s top 10 laneways.

  • Julie Power