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Individuals ranked in descending order of mean score out of 10 with last year’s ranking shown (new list entrants have a blank 2005 rank)…
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Individual |
Mean |
2006 |
2005 Rank |
Shift |
Don't Know % |
Dr Fiona Wood, burns specialist and 2005 Australian of the Year |
7.99 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
14% |
Professor Ian Frazer, cancer researcher and 2006 Australian of the Year |
7.60 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
19% |
The Wiggles, children's entertainers |
7.22 |
3 |
9 |
6 |
4% |
Ian Kiernan, founder, Clean Up Australia |
7.14 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
17% |
Dr Harry Cooper, TV veterinarian, Harry's Practice |
7.08 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
5% |
Bindi Irwin, daughter of Steve Irwin |
7.06 |
6 |
4% |
||
Terri Irwin, widow of Steve Irwin, owner of Australia Zoo |
7.02 |
7 |
4% |
||
Professor Barry Marshall, medical researcher and Nobel laureate |
6.99 |
8 |
3 |
-5 |
39% |
Dick Smith, adventurer, entrepreneur and philanthropist |
6.83 |
9 |
12 |
3 |
5% |
Ernie Dingo, TV presenter, The Great Outdoors |
6.81 |
10 |
8 |
-2 |
4% |
Princess Mary of Denmark, formerly Mary Donaldson of Tasmania |
6.79 |
11 |
4 |
-7 |
4% |
Olivia Newton-John, actress and singer |
6.72 |
12 |
7 |
-5 |
4% |
Tim Flannery, Environmentalist, scientist, writer and 2007 Australian of the Year |
6.72 |
12 |
26% |
||
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, author, TV and radio science commentator |
6.71 |
14 |
11 |
-3 |
29% |
Grant Hackett, Olympic swimmer |
6.61 |
15 |
14 |
-1 |
4% |
Peter Cundall, tv presenter, Gardening Australia |
6.60 |
16 |
27% |
||
Jodie Henry, Olympic swimmer |
6.54 |
17 |
16% |
||
Leisl Jones, Olympic swimmer |
6.47 |
18 |
13% |
||
Patrick Rafter, retired tennis player |
6.47 |
18 |
20 |
2 |
7% |
Peter Cosgrove, retired chief of the Australian Defence Force |
6.47 |
18 |
22 |
4 |
11% |
Hugh Jackman, actor |
6.46 |
21 |
6% |
||
John Farnham, singer |
6.44 |
22 |
17 |
-5 |
4% |
John Williamson, singer |
6.43 |
23 |
23 |
0 |
12% |
Rove McManus, TV host, Rove Live |
6.37 |
24 |
42 |
18 |
6% |
Andrew Denton, TV host, Enough Rope |
6.36 |
25 |
33 |
8 |
5% |
Hi-5, children's entertainers |
6.36 |
25 |
8% |
||
Queen Elizabeth II |
6.33 |
27 |
16 |
-11 |
2% |
Sigrid Thornton, actress |
6.29 |
28 |
21 |
-7 |
11% |
Deborah Mailman, actress and TV presenter, Play School |
6.27 |
29 |
31% |
||
Ricky Ponting, captain, Australian cricket team |
6.27 |
29 |
27 |
-2 |
7% |
Lisa McCune, actress |
6.26 |
31 |
26 |
-5 |
8% |
Cate Blanchett, actress |
6.22 |
32 |
34 |
2 |
6% |
Melissa Doyle, TV host Sunrise |
6.21 |
33 |
18% |
||
Ian Thorpe, former Olympic swimmer |
6.19 |
34 |
28 |
-6 |
4% |
Andy Thomas, astronaut |
6.17 |
35 |
10 |
-25 |
29% |
Nicole Kidman, actress |
6.16 |
36 |
30 |
-6 |
3% |
Mem Fox, children's author |
6.12 |
37 |
46% |
||
Reverend Tim Costello, chief executive, World Vision Australia |
6.10 |
38 |
35 |
-3 |
15% |
David Koch, finance expert and TV host, Sunrise |
6.08 |
39 |
23 |
-16 |
9% |
Bryce Courtenay, author |
6.06 |
40 |
32 |
-8 |
16% |
Jennifer Hawkins, former Miss Universe, model, TV presenter, The Great Outdoors |
6.06 |
40 |
41 |
1 |
7% |
Jamie Durie, TV personality, landscape gardening expert |
6.01 |
42 |
38 |
-4 |
8% |
Kylie Minogue, singer |
6.00 |
43 |
49 |
6 |
4% |
Karrie Webb, golfer |
5.94 |
44 |
17% |
||
Cathy Freeman, runner and former Olympian |
5.90 |
45 |
44 |
-1 |
3% |
Tracey Grimshaw, TV host, A Current Affair |
5.87 |
46 |
8% |
||
Murray Gleeson, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia |
5.80 |
47 |
58 |
11 |
35% |
Thomas Keneally, author |
5.76 |
48 |
50 |
2 |
33% |
Michael Jeffery, Governor-General |
5.74 |
49 |
17% |
||
Sarah Murdoch (nee O'Hare), model, charity patron and TV host, Today Show |
5.74 |
49 |
15% |
||
Elle Macpherson, model, businesswoman |
5.73 |
51 |
45 |
-6 |
4% |
Megan Gale, model and TV presenter |
5.73 |
51 |
52 |
1 |
16% |
David Stratton, TV presenter, At the Movies |
5.67 |
53 |
31% |
||
Bill Granger, chef, TV host and author |
5.62 |
54 |
47% |
||
Jessica Rowe, TV host, Today |
5.57 |
55 |
51 |
-4 |
13% |
Andrew O'Keefe, TV host, The Rich List and Deal or No Deal |
5.55 |
56 |
12% |
||
Greg Norman, golfer |
5.55 |
56 |
57 |
1 |
5% |
Margaret Pomeranz, TV presenter, At the Movies |
5.55 |
56 |
33% |
||
Bert Newton, TV host, Bert's Family Feud |
5.50 |
59 |
46 |
-13 |
4% |
Harry Kewell, soccer player |
5.50 |
59 |
64 |
5 |
22% |
Karl Stefanovic, TV host, Today Show |
5.41 |
61 |
24% |
||
Dr Philip Nitschke, doctor and euthanasia campaigner |
5.35 |
62 |
62 |
0 |
19% |
Graeme Samuel, chairman, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) |
5.34 |
63 |
66 |
3 |
36% |
Bec Cartwright, actress and wife of Lleyton Hewitt |
5.25 |
64 |
65 |
1 |
7% |
Janette Howard, wife of Prime Minister |
5.12 |
65 |
72 |
7 |
9% |
Mel Gibson, actor and director |
5.12 |
65 |
19 |
-46 |
3% |
Peter Garrett, ex-Midnight Oil singer and federal MP |
5.10 |
67 |
70 |
3 |
6% |
Gerry Harvey, business mogul |
5.09 |
68 |
71 |
3 |
26% |
Naomi Robson, tv personality, former Today Tonight host |
5.05 |
69 |
11% |
||
Glenn Stevens, governor, Reserve Bank of Australia |
4.88 |
70 |
31% |
||
Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney |
4.85 |
71 |
77 |
6 |
19% |
Lleyton Hewitt, tennis player |
4.71 |
72 |
75 |
3 |
4% |
Kevin Rudd, leader of the Australian Labor Party |
4.69 |
73 |
6% |
||
Keith Urban, singer |
4.61 |
74 |
58 |
-16 |
11% |
Russell Crowe, actor, football club owner |
4.60 |
75 |
76 |
1 |
4% |
John Laws, radio presenter |
4.49 |
76 |
79 |
3 |
10% |
Eddie McGuire, TV host, Nine Network CEO and football club president |
4.47 |
77 |
73 |
-4 |
4% |
Alan Jones, radio presenter |
4.42 |
78 |
82 |
4 |
13% |
Julia Gillard, deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party |
4.41 |
79 |
13% |
||
Lachlan Murdoch, media executive |
4.38 |
80 |
80 |
0 |
11% |
Geoff Dixon, Qantas chief executive |
4.09 |
81 |
26% |
||
Bob Hawke, former Prime Minister |
4.07 |
82 |
86 |
4 |
4% |
Bob Brown, federal senator and leader of the Australian Greens |
4.06 |
83 |
88 |
5 |
15% |
Kyle Sandilands, radio personality and judge, Australian Idol |
4.05 |
84 |
82 |
-2 |
21% |
Alexander Downer, federal Minister for Foreign Affairs |
4.03 |
85 |
89 |
4 |
5% |
John Howard, Prime Minister |
4.02 |
86 |
84 |
-2 |
3% |
Wendell Sailor, former rugby union and rugby league player |
4.02 |
86 |
20% |
||
Rupert Murdoch, media mogul |
3.96 |
88 |
85 |
-3 |
7% |
James Packer, media mogul |
3.92 |
89 |
78 |
-11 |
7% |
Lara Bingle, model |
3.86 |
90 |
20% |
||
Barnaby Joyce, Queensland National Party senator |
3.79 |
91 |
94 |
3 |
23% |
Malcolm Turnbull, businessman and Liberal MP |
3.63 |
92 |
90 |
-2 |
17% |
Paul Keating, former Prime Minister |
3.61 |
93 |
96 |
3 |
4% |
Peter Costello, federal Treasurer |
3.60 |
94 |
92 |
-2 |
3% |
Tony Abbott, federal Minister for Health and Ageing |
3.60 |
94 |
92 |
-2 |
7% |
Shane Warne, cricketer |
3.23 |
96 |
99 |
3 |
4% |
Sol Trujillo, Telstra CEO |
3.14 |
97 |
98 |
1 |
20% |
Anthony Mundine, boxer, former rugby league player |
3.13 |
98 |
7% |
||
David Hicks, Australian prisoner of war |
2.95 |
99 |
9% |
||
Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali, senior Muslim cleric, Mufti of Austalia |
2.00 |
100 |
14% |
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