Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell says he can't think of a more fitting tribute to Dame Joan than to rename the Opera Theatre after Australia's musical great.
Dame Joan, who died at 83 at her home near Geneva in Switzerland after a long illness, came to international renown after travelling to London as the winner of a singing competition in her native Sydney.
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One of her final performances was on the stage of the Sydney Opera House in 1990.
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