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Australia’s most admired women

Nominees’ List

  1. Kerry Armstrong, actor.

  2. Cate Blanchett, actor.

  3. Jennifer Byrne, journalist and TV presenter

  4. Betty Churcher, former Director of the National Gallery of Australia

  5. Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton, author.

  6. Ruth Cracknell, actor/author.

  7. Judy Davis, actor/director.

  8. Collette Dinnigan, fashion designer.

  9. Portia de Rossi, actor.

  10. Helen Dalley, television reporter.

  11. Dawn Fraser, Olympic Gold Medallist swimmer.

  12. Kate Fischer, actor, television presenter.

  13. Cathy Freeman, Olympic Gold Medallist sprinter.

  14. Cornelia Frances, actress/game-show host.

  15. Sara-Marie Fedele, Big Brother contestant.

  16. Tracy Grimshaw, television host.

  17. Libbi Gorr, television presenter.

  18. Johanna Griggs, television host.

  19. Tatiana Grigorieva, pole vaulter.

  20. Shane Gould, swimmer.

  21. Pru Goward, Federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner.

  22. Rebecca Gibney, actor.

  23. Dr Germaine Greer, feminist.

  24. Liz Hayes, journalist.

  25. Deborah Hutton, television presenter.

  26. Tracey Holmes, television presenter.

  27. Janette Howard, wife of Prime Minister John Howard.

  28. Pauline Hanson, One Nation Party.

  29. Sara Henderson, author.

  30. Rose Hancock Porteous, businesswoman.

  31. Marcia Hines, singer.

  32. Wendy Harmer, media personality.

  33. Hazel Hawke, author/Chairperson Heritage Council of NSW.

  34. Caroline Jones, specialist television presenter

  35. Gina Jeffreys, country music singer

  36. Ros Kelly, business advisor/environmentalist

  37. Claudia Karvan, actor

  38. Jean Kittson, comedian

  39. Cheryl Kernot, Shadow Minister for Employment and Training

  40. Nicole Kidman, actor

  41. Kerri-Anne Kennerley, television presenter

  42. Jennifer Keyte, television presenter

  43. Jackie Kelly, Minister for Sport and Tourism.

  44. Jane Kennedy, producer/writer/director

  45. Gretel Killeen, author/television presenter

  46. Elle Macpherson, supermodel/actor

  47. Kylie Minogue, actor/singer

  48. Maxine McKew, television presenter

  49. Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, philanthropist

  50. Lisa McCune, actor.

  51. Olivia Newton-John, singer.

  52. Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue, former chairperson Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).

  53. Sarah O’Hare, model

  54. Dr Pat O’Shane, magistrate.

  55. Susie O’Neill, swimmer

  56. Georgie Parker, actor.

  57. Dr Kerryn Phelps, President of the AMA.

  58. Nova Peris, runner.

  59. Jessica Rowe, television news reader .

  60. Catriona Rowntree, television presenter.

  61. Sandra Sully, television news presenter.

  62. Natasha Stott Despoja, leader Australian Democrats.

  63. Dame Joan Sutherland, opera diva.

  64. Sigrid Thornton, actor

  65. Maggie Tabberer, businesswoman/television presenter.

  66. Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women.

  67. Jana Wendt, television presenter.

  68. Rachel Ward, actor/writer.

  69. Margaret Whitlam, wife of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam.

  70. Suzie Wilks, television presenter.

  71. Carla Zampatti, fashion designer.

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