Buttrose, Ita Clare (1942 - )

On 13 June 1988, Ita Buttrose was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to the community, particularly in the fields of medical education and health care. In the Queen's Birthday list 1979 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for service to journalism. She became the first woman to be awarded the Harnett Medal for community service and achievements in publishing, journalism, radio and television.

Ita Buttrose was the founding editor of Cleo magazine in 1972. She then became editor of the Australian Women's Weekly and later publisher of Australian Consolidated Press Women's Division. A journalist by trade, Ida Buttrose has worked in all forms of media (print, radio and television) during her career.

Before starting her own company Capricorn Publishing, Ita Buttrose was a director of News Ltd, editor-in-chief of the Daily and Sunday Telegraphs, columnist and editorial consultant for the Fairfax magazine group and then editor-in-chief of the Sun Herald newspaper.

From 1984-1988, Ita Buttrose chaired the National Advisory Committee on AIDS. She is patron of Women of Vision, World Vision Australia, The University of Third Age, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of Australia, Amarant, the National Menopause Foundation, the Sydney Women's Festival, Safety House and National Institute of Secretaries and Administrators.

In 1984 she was named Variety Club's Personality of the Year as well as Australasian Academy of Broadcast, Arts and Sciences for the most promising Newcomer to Radio. In 1993 Ita Buttrose was named Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Australian of the Year.

[1] http://www.cew.org.au/view_profile.cfm?member=Ita%20Buttrose accessed 28/10/2002.
[2] ibid

Chronology

17 January 1942	Born daughter of Charles Oswald and Mary Clare (née Rodgers) Buttrose
1972 - 1975	Founding editor of Cleo
1975 - 1976	Editor of the Australian Women's Weekly
1976 - 1981	Editor-in-chief of the Australian Women's Weekly and of Cleo
1978 - 1981	Director of the K G Murray Leisure Group
16 June 1979	Appointed the Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil)
1981	Appointed Board member of News Ltd, Australia
1981 - 1984	Editor-in-chief of the The Daily Telegraph and of the The Sunday Telegraph
1984 - 1987	Broadcaster for Radio 2KY and 2UE, Sydney
1984 - 1988	Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on AIDS (NACAIDS)
1984 - 1988	Publishing consultant to Women's Day and Portfolio magazines
1988	Editor-in-chief of The Sun-Herald
1988 - 1994	Chief Executive Officer of Capricorn Publishing Pty Ltd
13 June 1988	Appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)
1989 - 1994	Editor of ITA Magazine
1990 - 1994	Director of the Australia Advisory Board
1990 - 1996	Director of the Prudential Corporation Trust Australia
1991 - 1992	Director of Television & Telecasters Pty Ltd
1991 - 1994	Chairman of AIDS Trust Australia
1992	Awarded Hartnett Medal
1992 - 1993	President of Chief Executive Women
1995 - 1996	Broadcaster for Radio 2GB, Sydney
1995 - 1997	President of the National Opera Festival
1995 - 1998	Director of Buttrose and Dominguez Design
1997	TV Panelist for Beauty and the Beast on Foxtel and the Ten Network, Australia
1997 - 1998	Member of the Federal Government Conference for Older Australians
1997 - 1999	Chairman of the Australian Services Nurses' National Memorial Fund
1998	Member of the Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code Complaints Adjudication Panel
1998	Columnist for Courier Newspaper Group (Sydney)
1998	Director of The Smith Family, Australia
1999	Columnist for The Australian Women's Weekly
2000	GST Customer Advocate for Woolworths Supermarket chain
2000	Director of Terraplanet Ltd
2001	Chairman of Terraplanet Ltd

Related Cultural Artefacts

• Australian Service Nurses National Memorial

  Chairperson of the Memorial Fund Committee

See also

• Service nurses honoured with long awaited memorial, Professional News, Originally published online, Australian Nursing Federation, 1999. [ Details... ]
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]