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Join Dr Anne Summers AO, trailblazing feminist, journalist, commentator and author, for an engaging conversation reflecting on five decades of Australian and American society, politics and feminism through her new book, Witness.
In Witness, Summers brings together a powerful collection of reportage, essays, interviews and articles spanning 50 years. Through the people she has met and the events she has witnessed, she revisits pivotal moments in Australian politics, the changing landscape of women’s equality, and the social and cultural issues that have shaped our world.
From Cate Blanchett and Robert Caro to Germaine Greer and Monica Lewinsky, Faith Bandler and Rosie Batty, Summers offers an intimate and wide-ranging perspective on the people, politics and movements that have defined our recent history. She also reflects on more personal stories, from her mother’s death and her family history to her own experiences as a journalist and feminist activist.
About the Speaker:
Dr Anne Summers AO is a journalist, commentator and best-selling author of ten books, including the landmark Damned Whores and God’s Police, first published in 1975 and still in print. Her latest book, Witness: People. Politics. Culture. Feminism. 1975–2025, brings together five decades of her influential writing.
Anne is an Honorary Professor of Domestic and Family Violence at UTS. Throughout her career, she has advised Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, led the Office of the Status of Women, served as Canberra Bureau Chief for the Australian Financial Review, and was editor-in-chief of the American feminist magazine Ms. She has also been editor of Good Weekend, Chair of the Board of Greenpeace International and a Trustee of the Powerhouse Museum.
A lifelong activist in the women’s movement, Anne was involved in establishing Elsie Women’s Refuge in 1974, one of Australia’s first modern shelters for women and children escaping domestic violence. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1989 for her services to journalism and to women, named an Australian Legend in 2011 and inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame in 2017.
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