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The exceptional winners of the 2024 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards

Women leaders across Australia were recognised at the 2024 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards at a ceremony in Melbourne on Thursday night.

Miles Franlkin

Miles Franklin Award winner on the importance of prioritising your creative ambitions

Miles Franklin Award winner Shankari Chandran sits down with Women’s Agenda to talk about the importance of prioritising one’s own artwork.

Bennell-Pegg

Katherine Bennell-Pegg will become the first Australian woman to be trained as an astronaut

Katherine Bennell-Pegg will make history as the first Australian woman to be trained as an astronaut by an international space agency.

The catalysts that see women forging careers in climate change action

While the catalysts for their careers in climate action vary, these women are making big impacts on Australia’s future.

Fortune

Shemara Wikramanayake & Elizabeth Gaines make international ‘most powerful women’ list

Macquarie Group CEO Shemara Wikramanayake and Fortescue Metals CEO Elizabeth Gaines are among Fortune’s World’s Most Powerful Women.