Dr Anne Summers AO

Anne is a writer, journalist and leader of the generation and movement that changed Australia for women - and men. Her 1975 bestselling book Damned Whores and God's Police, which remained in print until 2008, changed the way women were perceived in this country. Her latest book is The Lost Mother.

Anne ran the Federal Government's Office of the Status for Women from 1983-1986 and later was an advisor to the Hawke and Keating Governments. She continues to work to help develop women's leadership in Australia.