Occupation: Governor-General Of Australia Birth: December 23, 1942
We all go back to our roots. My father went to the central west, went to Ilfracombe in 1919. He was the manager of the wool scour there. And, Ilfraco….
The bonds that women share around the world, wherever we come from, they're very powerful and they have an ease of communication because we share tho….
Again and again, I learn how much friendship enriches my life, bringing warmth, assurance, humour, inspiration, a sense of security. It depends on ho….
For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.' How important it is to take very good ….
When a woman is fit and healthy, everything else falls into place. We are conditioned to put others first, that 'burnt chop syndrome' we observed in ….
Graduation day was a milestone in the most important journey of all - to the centre of oneself..
The aboriginal women leaders of Papunya - the Papunya Artists - performed a dance for me: the Honey Ant dance. They'd never done it for anyone else. ….
Begun as a girl from a little country town in central western Queensland, inspired by noble ideas of justice, about fairness, about making the world ….
I support affirmative action. I support special measures when you need it..
The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country’s dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so much a part ….
I've never owned a pair of jeans, but I had a fantastic denim boiler-suit and it got a lot of wearing..
I believe the old boys' network is a powerful one. No one gives up power and privilege willingly, do they?.
I think there's a very clear recognition and understanding that the progress of women in business at the very highest decision-making levels is too s….
The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and sett….
All women need support when they're having their babies and their little families are in formation. I have to say I have a lot of concern about the n….
One of the most enjoyable things I do at Government House and when I travel around Australia is to talk with children. I tell them about our parliame….
My mother played the piano and my father the violin, I can remember my dad teaching me how to waltz; I had my feet on his, my mother playing the pian….
I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has true equality of opportunity….
Seek out a person whom you admire and respect for the support you need - that we all need from time to time..
Yes, you can have it all, but not all at the same time. Set your own priorities, trust your gut and follow your heart..