Australia’s 100 most trusted list



1. Dr Fiona Wood, burns specialist, 2005 Australian of the Year

2.Professor Ian Frazer, cancer researcher, 2006 Australian of the Year

3.The Wiggles, children’s entertainers

4.Ian Kiernan, founder of Clean Up Australia

5.Dr Harry Cooper, TV veterinarian, Harry’s Practice

6.Bindi Irwin, daughter of Steve Irwin

7.Terri Irwin, widow of Steve Irwin, owner of Australia Zoo

8.Professor Barry Marshall, medical researcher and Nobel laureate

9.Dick Smith, adventurer, entrepreneur and philanthropist

10.Ernie Dingo, TV presenter, The Great Outdoors

11.Princess Mary of Denmark, formerly Mary Donaldson of Tasmania

12.Olivia Newton-John, singer

12.Tim Flannery, environmentalist, scientist, 2007 Australian of the Year

14.Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, author, TV and radio science commentator

15.Grant Hackett, Olympic swimmer

16.Peter Cundall, TV presenter, Gardening Australia

17.Jodie Henry, Olympic swimmer

18.Leisel Jones, Olympic swimmer

18.Pat Rafter, retired tennis player

18.Peter Cosgrove, retired chief of the Australian Defence Force

21.Hugh Jackman, actor

22.John Farnham, singer

23.John Williamson, singer

24.Rove McManus, TV host, Rove

25.Andrew Denton, TV host, Enough Rope

25.Hi-5, children’s entertainers

27.Queen Elizabeth II

28.Sigrid Thornton, actress

29.Deborah Mailman, actress, TV presenter, Play School

29.Ricky Ponting, captain, Australian cricket team

31.Lisa McCune, actress

32.Cate Blanchett, actress

33.Melissa Doyle, TV host, Sunrise

34.Ian Thorpe, former Olympic swimmer

35.Andy Thomas, astronaut

36.Nicole Kidman, actress

37.Mem Fox, children’s author

38.Reverend Tim Costello, chief executive, World Vision Australia

39.David Koch, finance expert, TV host, Sunrise

40.Bryce Courtenay, author

40.Jennifer Hawkins, model, former Miss Universe, TV presenter, The Great Outdoors

42.Jamie Durie, TV personality, landscape gardening expert

43.Kylie Minogue, singer

44.Karrie Webb, golfer

45.Cathy Freeman, former Olympian

46.Tracey Grimshaw, TV host, A Current Affair

47.Murray Gleeson, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia

48.Thomas Keneally, author

49.Michael Jeffery, Governor-General

49.Sarah Murdoch (nee O’Hare), model, charity patron and TV host

51.Elle Macpherson, model, businesswoman

51.Megan Gale, model, TV presenter

53.David Stratton, TV presenter, At the Movies

54.Bill Granger, chef, TV host and author

55.Jessica Rowe, TV host, Today

56.Andrew O’Keefe, TV host, The Rich List and Deal or No Deal

56.Greg Norman, golfer

56.Margaret Pomeranz, TV presenter, At the Movies

59.Bert Newton, TV host, Bert’s Family Feud

59.Harry Kewell, soccer player

61.Karl Stefanovic, TV host, Today

62.Dr Philip Nitschke, doctor, euthanasia campaigner

63.Graeme Samuel, chairman, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

64.Bec Cartwright, actress,wife of Lleyton Hewitt

65.Janette Howard, wife of the Prime Minister

65.Mel Gibson, actor and director

67.Peter Garrett, federal MP, ex-Midnight Oil singer

68.Gerry Harvey, business mogul

69.Naomi Robson, TV personality, former Today Tonight host

70.Glenn Stevens, governor, Reserve Bank of Australia

71.Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney

72.Lleyton Hewitt, tennis player

73.Kevin Rudd, leader of the Australian Labor Party

74.Keith Urban, singer

75.Russell Crowe, actor, football club owner

76.John Laws, radio presenter

77.Eddie McGuire, TV host, Nine Network CEO, football club president

78.Alan Jones, radio presenter

79.Julia Gillard, deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party

80.Lachlan Murdoch, media executive

81.Geoff Dixon, chief executive of Qantas

82.Bob Hawke, former Prime Minister

83.Bob Brown, federal senator, leader of the Australian Greens

84.Kyle Sandilands, radio personality, judge of Australian Idol

85.Alexander Downer, federal Minister for Foreign Affairs

86.John Howard, Prime Minister

86.Wendell Sailor, former rugby union and rugby league player

88.Rupert Murdoch, media mogul

89.James Packer, media mogul

90.Lara Bingle, model

91.Barnaby Joyce, Queensland National Party senator

92.Malcolm Turnbull, federal environment minister

93.Paul Keating, former Prime Minister

94.Peter Costello, federal Treasurer

94.Tony Abbott, federal health minister

96.Shane Warne, cricketer

97.Sol Trujillo, Telstra CEO

98.Anthony Mundine, boxer, former rugby league player

99.David Hicks, confessed terrorism supporter

100.Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, former senior Muslim cleric, Mufti of Australia

Read the latest Australia's Most Trusted 2008 poll from Reader's Digest


46% of the population, or seven million people, struggle to understand the meaning of newspaper and magazine articles or documentation such as maps and payslips.


Australian Bureau of Statistics