The Andrew Olle Lecturers have been: • 1996:
David Williamson, Australian playwright • 1997:
Jana Wendt, Australian television journalist • 1998:
John Alexander, former editor-in-chief of
The Australian Financial Review and
The Sydney Morning Herald • 1999:
Steve Vizard, Australian writer and producer, chairman Granada Australia • 2000:
Eric Beecher, chief executive of Text Media, former editor of
The Sydney Morning Herald • 2001:
Kerry Stokes, executive chairman of the
Seven Network • 2002:
Lachlan Murdoch, chairman of
News Limited, deputy chief operating officer of News Corporation • 2003:
Harold Mitchell, CEO and chairman of Mitchell Partners • 2004:
Chris Anderson, board member of
Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, former chief executive of
Optus • 2005:
John Doyle, Australian actor, comedian, writer • 2006: Senator
Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts • 2007:
John Hartigan, chairman and chief executive of News Limited • 2008:
Ray Martin, Australian television journalist • 2009:
Julian Morrow, Australian actor, comedian, member of
The Chaser • 2010:
Alan Rusbridger, editor of
The Guardian newspaper, media innovator • 2011:
Laurie Oakes, Australian print and television journalist • 2012:
Mark Colvin, Australian radio journalist • 2013:
Lisa Wilkinson, presenter of
Today, former
Cleo editor • 2014:
Kate McClymont, investigative journalist for
The Sydney Morning Herald • 2015:
Helen McCabe, editor-in-chief of ''
The Australian Women's Weekly'' magazine • 2016:
Waleed Aly, writer, commentator, broadcaster, academic and co-host of
The Project • 2017:
Joseph Kahn, managing editor of
The New York Times • 2018:
Caroline Wilson, former chief football writer of
The Age • 2019:
Peter FitzSimons, author & columnist for
The Sydney Morning Herald • 2020–21: Not held due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. • 2022:
Ita Buttrose, current
ABC Chair, author & founding editor of
Cleo • 2023:
Leigh Sales, Australian journalist and author, presenter of
Australian Story • 2024:
Fran Kelly, radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent. ==References==