Notable Graduates
The Faculty of Arts is justifiably proud of the achievements of its graduates. Many of our graduates have become leaders in their chosen fields. The Faculty of Arts alumni presently hold high-level positions in Australia and internationally. The following list includes some of our high achievers:
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· Ms Michelle Allan - Counsellor (Education, Science and Training), Australian Embassy Tokyo, Japan
· Ms Judith Anderson - General Manager Queensland Ballet
· Dr Sallyanne Atkinson AO - First Female Lord Mayor of Brisbane
· Ms Lisa Backhouse - Television News presenter and journalist
· Mr Ian Bauert - Managing Directory RIO TINTO China, Ian has worked with RIO for 27 years and established the group's first office in China
· Hon Peter Beattie - Former Premier of Queensland
· Hon Anna Bligh - Premier of Queensland
· Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC - Governor General
· Dr Eva Burrows - General and world leader of The Salvation Army 1986-1993
· Ms Samantha Cohen - Press Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II
· Dr Pat Comben - President of the National Trust of Queensland and former Minister of Education and former Minister of Environment and Heritage in Queensland
· Ms Bettina Cooke - Counsellor (Education) for AEI in Hanoi, Vietnam
· Mr Gary Crew - Four time winner of the Australian Children's Book of the Year
· Mr Cameron Dick - Queensland Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations
· Mr Peter Doyle - Ambassador to Turkey
· Mr John Eales - Former Captain of the Australian Rugby Union team and 2002 Queenslander of the Year
· Ms Heather Foord - Channel 9 News presenter and journalist
· Ms Jan Fullerton - Director General National Library of Australia
· Dr Bronwyn Lea Gasking - Winner of the prestigious Somerset Poetry Prize
· Prof Warwick Gould - Director of the Institute of English Studies University of London Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom
· Ms Virginia Greville - Australia’s Ambassador to Chile
· Mr Steve Hadden - Channel 9 Sports commentator
· Ms Louise Hand - Australia's Ambassador for Climate Change
· Ms Cherie Harder - President of The Trinity Forum and former Director of Policy and Projects for former United States First Lady, Laura Bush
· Mrs Annette Henderson - Author of Wild Spirit
· The Hon Paul de Jersey AC - Chief Justice of Queensland
· Mr Alan Jones - Commentator and Broadcaster
· Ms Heather Killen - Managing Partner of Hemisphere Financial, former Senior VP of Yahoo!
· Ms Madonna King - ABC Commentator and Broadcaster
· Dr Dhugal Lindsay - Award winning haiku poet and 2003 UQ Young Alumnus of the Year
· Senator the Hon. Joseph Ludwig - Special Minister of State
· Mr Jack Lunn - Former General Manager QLD Newspapers
· Dr David Malouf - Multi-award winning poet and novelist; winner of the Miles Franklin Award for Literature
· Dr Richard Mills AM - Artistic Director of the Western Australia Opera Company
· Ms Kate Morton - Author of The House at Riverton aka The Shifting Fog (now featured on the New York Times Bestseller List)
· Ms Kirstin Murray - Producer from the ABC’s 7:30 Report
· Dr Carol Nicoll PSM- Former Minister-Counsellor (Education, Science and Training) with Representation to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium
· Ms Rachel Nolan MP – Queensland Minister for Transport, State Member for Ipswich and 2006 UQ Alumnus of the Year
· Mr George Negus - Presenter of SBS’s Dateline
· Mr Robert Newton - Australian Ambassador to Egypt and Syria
· Ms Annastacia Palaszczuk - Queensland Minister for Disability Services and Multicultural Affairs
· Rev Keith Rayner AO - Former Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne and Primate of of Australia
· Mr Geoff Rea - Consul–General and Trade Commissioner to Turkey
· Dr Geoffrey Rush - winner of 1996 Academy Award, 1998 Alumnus of the Year, 1999 BAFTA Award, 2005 Emmy Award and 1996 Golden Globe
· Ms Lyndall Sachs - Australia's Ambassador to Lebanon (and held a leadership role in the evacution of Australian citizens during the recent conflict between Lebanon and Israel)
· Ms Karen Schaupp - Internationally renowned master guitarist
· Ms Libby Schick - Consul-General of Australia in Chicago, USA
· Mr Jon Sheppard - Australian Ambassador to Zimbabwe
· Dr Alexandra Siddall - Second Secretary, Embassy of Australia in Russia
· Dr Rosamond Siemon - Author of The Mayne Inheritance, the 2003 One Book, One Brisbane winner
· Mr Michael Stephenson - General Secretary Co-operative Party, UK and former assistant political secretary to British Prime Minister, Tony Blair
· Mr Brent Stewart - Australian consul to Shanghai
· The Hon Wayne Swan MP – Federal Treasurer
· Ms Marie-Louise Thiele - Journalist
· Professor Janette Turner Hospital - Internationally acclaimed novelist
· Dr Penny Wensley - Queensland Governor
· Dr Kim Wilkins - Winner of the 1997 and 2000 Aurealis Best Horror Novel awards. Her novels have been published worldwide.
. Mr Rod Young - Channel 7 Television news presenter and journalist
· Mr Bruce Woolley - ABC's Far North Queensland Regional Program Manager