With guests including former Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, patron Dame Quentin Bryce and influential women from the media, politics, business and charity, The Australian Women’s
Weekly AGL Women of the Future winner’s lunch at Quay restaurant in Sydney was to be the most talked about event of the year. Celebrating three exceptional young women who received more than $70,000 each in cash and prizes, thanks to AGL, to further their projects, the event featured a lively panel discussion on gender, female futures and politics. Julie Bishop’s keynote address on sexism and bullying in politics was a highlight, and widely reported on for days after.
Congratulations to the Women of the Future winners: Sarah Moran; Caitlin Figueiredo and Ally Mclean. Lisa Wilkinson and Georgie Gardner. Right: Jessica Rowe. Ronni Kahn and The Weekly’s Editor-in-chief Nicole Byers.
Right: The winners and Julie Bishop with Jamima White, Gabrielle Shone, Dayle Stevens and Alison Wild from AGL.
Left: Julie Bishop and fashion icon Carla Zampatti. Far left, from top: The panel discussion hosted by Virginia Trioli and featuring judge Ronni Kahn, award-winning journalist Sarah Ferguson and Sunrise’s Sam Armytage; Wiggle Emma Watkins and Deborah Thomas.
Above: Julie Bishop, David Panton and Deborah Hutton. Top: Kylie Gillies, Sam Armytage and Natalie Barr.