Mike Walsh interviews Ita Buttrose about becoming an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services to journalism.
Buttrose was the editor of both Cleo and The Australian Women's Weekly in the 1970s.
At the time of the interview Buttrose was the publisher of Australian Consolidated Press's Womens' Division.
Buttrose also talks about female representation in politics and the workplace.
This clip is from The Mike Walsh Show: Episode 9095.
Notes by Beth Taylor
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.