Melissa started her diving career at Parramatta Diving Club at 10 years of age. She relocated to Brisbane with her family a few years later

Two times World Champion, four times Commonwealth Champion, in the sport of athletics, Jana Pittman swapped the track for the ice, joining the Australian Women’s

Gill Hicks is considered one of the most thought-provoking, powerful and life affirming speakers in Australia and the UK. She is known globally as a survivor of the London Terrorist Bombings of 7 July 2005. She survived, but suffered severe and permanent injuries, losing both legs from just below the knee.
Originally from Adelaide, Gill moved to London in 1991. In 2012 Gill returned to Australia, where she now operates nationally and internationally through her not-for-profit M A D for Peace network and her public speaking engagements.

Chloe Shorten is a communications specialist, Queensland girl, mother of three and an advocate for improving the lives of women, children and people with disabilities.

Layne Beachley is widely regarded as the most successful female surfer in history. The only surfer, male or female, to claim six consecutive world titles

Annabel Crabb is one of Australia’s most popular political journalists and commentators combining astute political commentary with humour, wit and personality. She is the presenter

Tara Moss is an author, journalist, TV documentary presenter, speaker, human rights advocate, and anti-cyberbullying campaigner. She is the host, co-executive producer and co-writer of ‘Cyberhate

Nikki Gemmell is the best-selling author of thirteen novels and four works of non-fiction. Her books have been translated into 22 languages. She was born

Sarah Ferguson is an ABC journalist. She won the Gold Walkley Award in 2011 for her work on the Four Corners investigation ‘A Bloody Business’ into cruelty to animals in Indonesian abattoirs. In 2015, she wrote and presented the critically acclaimed Hitting Home, reporting from the frontline of Australia’s domestic violence crisis. The series won Best Documentary at the 2016 AACTA Awards and the Walkley Documentary Award.

Jelena Dokic has had a storied and well-documented life and tennis career both on and off the tennis court. She started playing tennis when she

Hailing from a farm in Panuara, Country NSW, Grace Hamilton started playing Rugby on a University exchange in the USA. Growing up around Rugby with

Emma Tonegato is a semi-professional Australian rugby footballer. She has represented Australia in rugby sevens and rugby league. Born in Wollongong, New South Wales and playing

Kristina Brice is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Premiership, playing for the Northern Mystics. Brice began her domestic league career as a training

Raelene joined Rugby Australia as the code’s first female Chief Executive Officer, commencing this role in January 2018. She was previously the CEO of the

Ms Bishop has served as the Member for Curtin in the House of Representatives since 1998. She was Australia’s first female Foreign Minister serving from 18 September 2013 to 28 August 2018, following four years in the role of Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. Ms Bishop was the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from December 2007 to August 2018.

Dr Catherine Keenan was formerly a journalist with The Sydney Morning Herald, working as an arts writer and as literary editor. Prior to that, she completed her doctorate in English Literature at Oxford University. She and Tim Dick co-founded the Story Factory in 2012 and Cath has been executive director ever since.

Jane Caro has a low boredom threshold and so wears many hats; including author, novelist, lecturer, mentor, social commentator, columnist, workshop facilitator, speaker, broadcaster and award-winning advertising writer and 2018 Walkley Award recipient for Women’s Leadership. Jane also runs her own communications consultancy.

On the afternoon of 9 November 2005, 18 year old Lauren Huxley was attacked by an intruder who was inside her home in Northmead, Sydney when she returned from a day at TAFE. She was found unconscious, lying on the garage floor bound and gagged with horrific head injuries and covered in petrol while fire ravaged the house.

Natasha Stott Despoja AO is the youngest woman ever to enter Australia’s Federal Parliament, where she served as a Senator from 1995 to 2008, and went on to lead her party, the Australian Democrats. A lifelong advocate for gender equality, Natasha is the founding Chair of Our Watch, the national organisation to Prevent Violence Against Women.

Johnny Ruffo is a singer, actor, dancer and television presenter. He has performed onstage with international hip hop superstars Salt ‘N Pepa, Guy Sebastian and Reece Mastin, and was even hand-selected to support global pop sensations One Direction on their record-breaking tour down under, as well as touring with US pop icons Backstreet Boys and and NKOTB.