La Trobe University - Notable Graduates

Notable Graduates

La Trobe University has produced many notable alumni some of whom are listed here:

• Jacinta Allan, Victorian MP
• Linda Beilharz, adventurer and community services leader
• Helen Buckingham, former Victorian MP
• Phil Cleary, former Federal Independent MP,author, social activist, political and sports commentator, former VFL Footballer
• Jacinta Collins, Federal Senator
• Patrick Cross, ghost hunter.
• Burkhard Dallwitz, film composer
• Mary Delahunty, former Victorian MP and ABC TV presenter
• Andrew Demetriou, CEO of the AFL
• Martin Dixon, Victorian MP, opposition frontbencher
• Mahinda Samarasinghe MP, Minister of Plantations, Sri Lanka
• HRH Crown Prince & Princess of Perlis, Malaysia
• Dr Patricia Edgar AM, pioneer in children's television and media
• Tony Ellwood, Director of the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art
• Ahmed Fahour, CEO of Australia Post
• James Fazzino, Managing Director and CEO of Incitec Pivot Limited
• Christopher Field, Western Australian Ombudsman
• Professor Tim Flannery, internationally-acclaimed scientist and global warming activist
• Peter Frost, COO and Deputy Auditor General at the Victoria Auditor General's Office
• Jane Gazzo, television and radio presenter
• Paul Glasson, Chairman of Satori Investments and Chief Representative for the Australia China Business Council
• Jamila Gordon, CIO, Leighton Holdings Ltd
• Corinne Grant, comedian, writer and actor
• Lorenz Grollo, Managing Director of Grollo Australia
• Diana Grollo, author and board member of Grollo Pty Ltd
• Matthew Guy, Victorian Shadow Minister for Planning
• Bronwyn Halfpenny, Victorian MP
• Konstandinos Karapanagiotidis OAM, human rights activist and CEO of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
• Bill Kelty AC, former ACTU Secretary
• Tamsyn Lewis, athlete
• Sussan Ley, Federal Member for Farrer
• Brian Loughnane, Federal Director of the Liberal Party
• Jim Mane, sports writer and Walkley Award winner
• Timothy Matthews OAM, Development Officer, Australian Paralympic Committee
• Terence Moran AC, Former Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
• David Morgan AO, Managing Director of JC Flowers (Europe and Asia)
• (Datuk Seri) Maximus Ongkili, Deputy President of Sabah United Party, Malaysia
• Scott Pape, investment advisor and author of The Barefoot Investor
• Elizabeth Proust, Director, Perpetual Limited and former Head of Cabinet and Premier's Department, Victoria
• Dr Geoff Raby, former Australian Ambassador to China
• Dr Anthony Radford, renowned research scientist and Managing Director and CEO of Cellestis Ltd
• Andrew Robb AO, Federal Shadow Minister for Finance and Debt Reduction
• Naomi Robson, journalist and presenter
• Tim Ross, comedian and radio presenter
• Tony Sheehan, former Treasurer and Victorian MP
• Anna Schwartz, contemporary art dealer
• John Silvester, crime writer, prominent Age journalist
• Virginia Trioli, journalist and ABC presenter
• His Excellency and Honorable Huot Ung, former Prime Minister of Cambodia
• Geoffrey Walsh AO, special advisor, BHP Billiton Limited
• Don Watson, author, historian, speech writer to PM Paul Keating
• Ian Watt AO, Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Garry Weaven, Chair, Industry Funds Management
• Maureen Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet
• Jennifer Williams, CEO, Australian Blood Bank
• Datin Pakuka Khatijah Yusoff, Deputy Secretary, General Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in Malaysia