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{{Short description|Australian public TV network chairperson, former editor & journalist}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name              = Ita Buttrose
| honorific_suffix  = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AC|OBE}}
| image             = Ita Buttrose 2014.jpg
| caption           = Buttrose in June 2014
| birth_name        = Ita Clare Buttrose
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|1|17}}
| birth_place       = [[Potts Point, New South Wales]], Australia
| residence         = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia
| nationality       = Australian
| occupation        = {{hlist|Television Network ChairMagazine editor|Fashion journalist|Media personality|Businesswoman|Author|Ambassador}}
| spouse            = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Alasdair Macdonald|1963|1976|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Peter Sawyer|1979|1981|end=divorced}}}}
| children          = 2
| office            = [[ABC Board#Key people|Chair]] of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]
| predecessor       = [[Kirstin Ferguson]] {{small|(Acting)}}
| successor           = [[Kim Williams (media executive)|Kim Williams]]<ref name="SMHKW">{{cite web|url=https://smh.com.au/business/companies/who-is-the-abc-s-new-chair-kim-williams-2024/01/24-p5eznw.html|title=Who is the ABC's new chair Kim Williams?|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|first=Callum|last=Jasper|date=24 January 2024 }}</ref> 
| governor-general  = [[Peter Cosgrove]]
| nominator         = [[Scott Morrison]]<ref name="chair-abc"/>
| termstart         = 28 February 2019<ref name="chair-abc">{{Cite news|last=Meade|first=Amanda|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/feb/28/ita-buttrose-appointed-chair-of-the-abc|title=Ita Buttrose appointed chair of the ABC|date=28 February 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=10 February 2020}}</ref>
| term_end = March 6 2024
| deputy            = [[Kirstin Ferguson]]
}}

'''Ita Clare Buttrose''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=85%|sep=,|AC|OBE}} (born 17 January 1942) is an Australian television and radio personality, author and former magazine editor, publishing executive, newspaper journalist and television network executive chairperson.

She was the founding editor of ''[[Cleo (magazine)|Cleo]]'', a high-circulation magazine aimed at women aged 20 to 40 that was frank about sexuality (and, in its infancy, featured nude male centrefolds) and, later, the editor of the more conventional ''[[The Australian Women's Weekly]]''. She was the youngest person to be appointed editor of ''The Weekly'', which was then, per capita, the largest-selling magazine in the world.

Buttrose was a panellist on the [[Network Ten]] morning program ''[[Studio 10]]'' from 2013 until 2018.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/ita-buttrose-still-bringing-it-at-71/story-e6frfmyi-1226748976523 "Ita Buttrose still bringing it in at 71"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021232036/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/ita-buttrose-still-bringing-it-at-71/story-e6frfmyi-1226748976523 |date=21 October 2014 }}, ''News.com.au'' (Australia), 29 June 2014.</ref>

In 2019 Prime Minister [[Scott Morrison]] announced Buttrose as the new chair of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC).<ref name="chair-abc"/>in which she served a 5 year tenure, before being succeeded by [[Kim Williams (media executive)|Kim Williams]] in March 2024.<ref name="SMHKW"/>

==Early life and education ==

Buttrose was born on 17 January 1942 at [[Potts Point, New South Wales|Potts Point]], Sydney,<ref>{{Australian Women's Register|IMP0219b|Buttrose, Ita Clare (1942–)|archive=20030506065800}}</ref><ref name="TalkingHeads">{{cite web|title=Ita Buttrose |url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s2186115.htm|website=[[Talking Heads (Australian TV series)|Talking Heads]]|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=26 November 2015|date=17 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124093504/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/talkingheads/txt/s2186115.htm|archive-date=24 January 2010}}</ref> and named after her maternal grandmother, Ita Clare Rodgers (née Rosenthal), pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|aɪ|t|ə}} (rhyming with 'fighter').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKgcspZP7FA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/oKgcspZP7FA |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Ita Buttrose, This Is Your Life Part 1|last=Studio 10|date=16 January 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> She has [[Jewish]] ancestry on her maternal side.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/programs/who-do-you-think-you-are/article/2016/08/30/most-surprising-celebrity-discoveries-made-who-do-you-think-you-are|title = The most surprising celebrity discoveries made on Who do You Think You Are?|date = 30 August 2016}}</ref> She was raised as a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] by her parents.<ref>Pitt, Helen. (10 April 2011). "Girl talk: Cover story". ''[[The Sun-Herald]]'', Sydney. p. 12.</ref> Buttrose's father, Charles Oswald Buttrose, was a journalist and at one time the editor of ''[[The Daily Mirror (Sydney)|The Daily Mirror]]'' in Sydney. By her own account she had decided on a career in journalism at the age of 11.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1137508.htm|title=''Enough Rope'', 21 June 2004, interview transcript|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426234004/https://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1137508.htm|archive-date=26 April 2006 }}</ref> Buttrose spent her first five years in [[New York City]] when her father was the New York correspondent for ''The Daily Mirror''.<ref name="brisbanetimes.com.au">[http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/lifestyle/people/ita-buttrose-on-kickstarting-a-sexual-revolution-20110411-1d9zg.html Helen Pitt, "Ita Buttrose on kick-starting a sexual revolution", ''Brisbane Times'', 11 April 2011]</ref> The family returned to Australia in 1949 and settled in the harbourside suburb of [[Vaucluse, New South Wales|Vaucluse]]. Her parents divorced during her teens, after 25 years of marriage, and details of her father's private life were printed in the tabloid press, causing considerable anguish to her mother. Buttrose briefly attended a private school but because her father could not afford the fees she was then moved to a public school. She completed her secondary education at Dover Heights Home Science High School, leaving at 15 to begin her career.<ref name="TalkingHeads"/>

She started her career at [[Australian Consolidated Press]], owned by the Packer family, working as a copy girl at ''The Australian Women's Weekly'', then became a cadet journalist on ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]'' and ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Sunday Telegraph]]'' in Sydney. Her first byline came in 1959 when the 17-year-old covered the Australian tour by [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]].<ref name= "brisbanetimes.com.au"/><ref name="Heaney">{{cite news|last=Heaney|first=Claire  |title=Women to take poll position |url= http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/women-to-take-poll-position-for-survey/story-fn7j19iv-1226149384296|access-date=24 April 2012|newspaper=Herald Sun}}</ref>

==Career==
Buttrose was appointed women's editor of the ''Telegraph'' at just 23 years old. In 1966 she won a racetrack fashion contest run by a rival newspaper, for which the first prize was an overseas trip, including a visit to [[Expo 67]] in Montreal. Buttrose and her husband then stopped in England in 1967 where she worked for a time on the British national magazine ''[[Woman's Own]]'' before giving birth to her first child, a daughter, Kate.<ref name="TalkingHeads"/> It was after her daughter's birth that she received a [[telegram]] from Sir [[Frank Packer]], head of Australian Consolidated Press, offering her back her former job as women's editor at the ''Telegraph''. The family then returned to Australia.

In 1971 Buttrose was chosen as founding editor of a new Australian women's magazine.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200806012952/https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/ita-buttrose/937/ ''Australian of the Year 2013'', www.australianoftheyear.org.au] Retrieved on 7 February 2022</ref> This was originally to have been an Australian edition of the renowned American magazine ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', but the deal fell through after [[William Randolph Hearst|Hearst]] Magazines sold the ''Cosmopolitan'' rights to longtime Packer rivals [[Fairfax Media|Fairfax]], so Packer and Buttrose set about creating a new publication, dubbed ''Cleo'' which they launched in 1972, several months ahead of its rival. ''Cleo'' was an instant hit, selling its entire original print run in just two days; the magazine broke new ground in Australian mainstream publishing, featuring the first nude male [[centrefold]] (actor [[Jack Thompson (actor)|Jack Thompson]]) and frank articles on female sexuality and other topics, leading to the inclusion of the first sealed section in an Australian magazine. During the early months of the magazine, Buttrose became pregnant with her second child, Ben, but with the grudging support of the Packers she worked through her pregnancy; an unusual feat for that time as it was still common for women to have to give up work permanently after they became pregnant.<ref>
{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1C-22Zy0Ec |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/c1C-22Zy0Ec |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Ita Buttrose Pt2: 'Paper Giants' – the birth of Cleo, Life Matters, ABC Radio National|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Buttrose edited ''Cleo'' until 1975, when she was appointed editor of the Packers' flagship magazine, ''The Australian Women's Weekly'' (1975–76), then she became editor-in-chief of both publications from 1976 to 1978, before being appointed Publisher of Australian Consolidated Press Women's Division from 1978 to 1981. In 1981 she left the Packers after their rival [[Rupert Murdoch]] offered her the job of Editor-in-Chief of the ''Daily Telegraph'' and ''Sunday Telegraph'' in 1981, making her the first female editor of a major metropolitan newspaper in Australia, a position she held until 1984; she was also appointed to the board of [[News Limited]]. During the period 1982-1983 she also had her own weekend radio talk back show simply titled ‘Ita’ for 2UE radio station. She made frequent appearances on radio and TV and in 1980, her media prominence led to her becoming the subject of the song "[[Ita (song)|Ita]]", recorded by rock band [[Cold Chisel]], which was included on their successful ''[[East (Cold Chisel album)|East]]'' album.

Buttrose was the chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on AIDS (NACAIDS) from 1984 until 1988.<ref>{{Citation|title=Buttrose, Ita (1942–)|via=Trove | publication-date=2008|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-487813|access-date=2012-02-26}}</ref> On one occasion, she appeared personally in a nationwide TV campaign to explain that ''donating'' blood at a blood bank did not pose a risk of catching AIDS (the fear of which had caused a significant drop in donations). During the mid to late 1980s Ita also had a regular weekly 'Ask Ita' page for the magazine ''[[Woman’s Day]]'' which gave readers advice on issues.

After her stint with News Limited, Buttrose founded her own publishing company, Capricorn Publishing, and launched her own magazine, Ita during 1989 though due to the recession and a decline in monthly sales the publication eventually folded and she launched a new company, the Good Life Publishing Company, which in 2005 published ''bark!'', a lifestyle magazine aimed at dog owners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3507369|title=National Library of Australia catalogue: Bark!|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=2012-02-26}}</ref>
[[File:Ita Buttrose.jpg|thumb|left|Ita Buttrose at ''[[La Traviata]]'' at Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour 2012]]

=== Author ===

Buttrose is also a prolific author and has published ten books, including her autobiography, ''A Passionate Life''. In 2011 Penguin published ''A Guide to Australian Etiquette''.

===Television===
[[File:Ita Buttrose and Ross Steele AACTA 2012 (1).jpg|thumb|Ita Buttrose at the [[AACTA Awards]] with [[Ross Steele]] [[Order Of Australia|AM]]]]

Buttrose was a regular on ''[[Beauty and the Beast (talk show)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' in the 1990s and early 2000s. Buttrose was also a regular commentator on the [[Nine Network]] breakfast show ''[[Today (1982 TV program)|Today]]'' and was at one point considered to replace [[Kerri-Anne Kennerley]] in the network's morning slot.<ref>[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/nine-wants-an-early-ita-buttrose-for-kerri-anne-kennerleys-mornng-show/story-e6frewz0-1226173492155?nk=4f709d0e67be4f3e689f87bf3d801737 Nine wants an early Ita Buttrose for Kerri Anne Kennerleys morning slot ], news.com.au, 22 October 2011</ref>

In June 2013, Buttrose joined [[Network Ten]] where she hosted morning program ''Studio 10'' two mornings a week for the station alongside [[Joe Hildebrand]], [[Sarah Harris (journalist)|Sarah Harris]], [[Denise Drysdale]] and [[Jessica Rowe]]. The show premiered in late 2013.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/ita-buttrose-joins-tens-morning-show/story-e6frfku9-1226660775254 Ita Buttrose joins Ten's morning show], news.com.au, 9 June 2013</ref> However, 2016 saw Buttrose reduce her appearances on the program to just twice a week to spend more time with her grandchildren.

Ita made a cameo appearance in episode 7547 of [[The Bold and the Beautiful]] alongside [[Brendan Jones (radio personality)|Brendan Jones]] and [[Amanda Keller]] as a news reporter airing in March 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrBLH3CGzwY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/ZrBLH3CGzwY |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Bold and Beautiful Episode 7547|via=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[File:Ita Buttrose (11024358813).jpg|thumb|Buttrose at the premiere of ''[[Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues]]'']]

In April 2018, Buttrose resigned as panelist on ''Studio 10'' to focus on other parts of her life, including spending more time with her grandchildren and writing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/morning-shows/ita-buttrose-to-depart-studio-10-tomorrow-reports/news-story/1a3d76973e50f1336a5994747c67e576|title=Ita Buttrose to depart Studio 10|publisher=News.com.au|access-date=2018-04-24}}</ref>

Since leaving Network Ten, Buttrose has appeared on ''[[The Morning Show (TV program)|The Morning Show]]'' on the Seven Network and filled in for [[Sonia Kruger]] on ''[[Today Extra]]'' on the Nine Network. 

In 2019 she was appointed chair of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) for a five-year term, which will end in March 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Jake |title=ABC chair Ita Buttrose will not seek reappointment in 2024 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-22/abc-chair-ita-buttrose-to-exit-next-year/102759620 |access-date=22 August 2023 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=22 August 2023}}</ref>

====Television appearances====
{|class="wikitable
|-
|Year
|Title
|Role
|Type
|-
| 1974
| ''[[No Man's Land]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1975
| ''[[This Day Tonight]]''
| Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1977
| ''Maggi Eckhardt Show''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1978
| ''[[John Singleton Show]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1979
| ''This Is Your Life: Ita Buttrose''
| Special Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1979
| ''[[This Fabulous Century]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1979; 1981
| ''[[Parkinson In Australia]]''
| Guest - Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Celebrity Tattletales]]''
| Herself 
| TV series
|-
| 1980; 1982
| ''[[The Mike Walsh Show]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Our World with Ita Buttrose]]''
| Presenter / Narrator
| TV series
|-
| 1981
| ''The Don Lane Show''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Parkinson In Australia]]''
| Guest - Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1982; 1984
| ''[[The Mike Walsh Show]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''
| Herself - Guest Panelist
| TV series
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Mike Walsh Show]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Tonight With Bert Newton]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1985
| ''After Noon''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1986
| ''Late Night with Jono and Dano''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1986
| ''Wednesday Woman''
| Herself - Presenter
| TV series
|-
| 1986
| ''Television: The First 30 Years''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1988
| ''Late Night Oz''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1989
| ''[[The Bert Newton Show]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1989; 1992
| ''The Midday Show''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1989
| ''[[60 Minutes]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1990; 1992
| ''Tonight Live With Steve Vizard''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1991
| ''Clive James' Postcard From...''
| Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1991
| ''Page One''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1991
| ''The World Tonight''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1991
| ''The Main Event''
| Contestant
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1991
| ''Celebrity Wheel Of Fortune''
| Contestant
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1992; 1993
| ''Tonight Live With Steve Vizard''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1992
| ''In Sydney Today''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1992
| ''The Midday Show''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1992
| ''Hinch''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1992
| ''Sydney Extra''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1998; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2005
| ''[[Good Morning Australia (1992 TV program)|Good Morning Australia]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 26 episodes
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Real Life (TV program)|Real Life]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1993
| ''Top Sorts and Superstars''
| Herself
| TV Special
|-
| 1993
| ''Tonight Live''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''At Home''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''Midday with Derryn Hinch''
| Guest Host 
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''World Series Debating''
| Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994; 1995
| ''Midday with Derryn Hinch''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''Live It Up''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''Witness''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1995
| ''Dr Feelgood''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Today Tonight]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1995
| ''Midday''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1996
| ''Our Century''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1996-2002
| ''[[Beauty and the Beast (talk show)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
| Regular panelist
| TV series
|-
| 1997
| ''Roy & HG''
| Guest - Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Midday with Kerri-Anne]]''
| Guest - Herself with Lisa Wilkinson
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1997
| ''Sex & Beyond: 25 Years Of Cleo''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Burke's Backyard]]''
| Guest - Celebrity Gardner
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1998
| ''A Current Affair''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1998; 1998
| ''Midday with Kerri-Anne''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1998
| ''Midday with Kerri-Anne''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1998; 2001
| ''Denise''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1998; 1999
| ''[[Good News Week]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Good News Week]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 1999
| ''This Fabulous Century: Heroes and Legends''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 2000
| ''The Morning Shift''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Laws]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2001
| ''Denise''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2002
| ''This Is Your Life: The Showbiz Greats''
| Guest - Herself
| TV special
|-
| 2002
| ''New Idea: 100 Fabulous Years''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 2003
| ''The Panel''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Rove Live]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2004
| ''[[The Way We Were (Australian TV program)|The Way We Were]]''
| Guest - Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2005-2009
| ''[[20 to One]]''
| Herself
| TV series
|-
| 2005; 2008; 2011
| ''[[Today (1982 TV program)|Today]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 3 episodes
|-
| 2006
| ''Good As Gold''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2006
| ''[[50 Years 50 Stars]]''
| Herself
| TV special
|-
| 2006
| ''Wishbone''
| Herself
| TV series
|-
| 2007
| ''Rampant: How A City Stopped A Plague''
| Herself
| ABC TV special
|-
| 2007
| ''What A Year''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Susie (TV program)|Susie]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2007
| ''Thanks For Listening: History of Australian Radio''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (Australian TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]''
| Herself - Subject
| SBS TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Talking Heads]]''
| Guest - Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Ten News]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Nine News]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Seven News]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2010
| ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]''
| Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation]]''
| Contestant - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Mornings with Kerri-Anne]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2011
| ''[[9am with David & Kim]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Sunrise (Australian TV program)|Sunrise]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2011; 2022
| ''[[The Morning Show (TV program)|The Morning Show]]''
| Guest - herself
| TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Australian Of The Year Awards 2013]]''
| Herself
| ABC TV special
|-
| 2013-2018
| ''[[Studio 10]]''
| Regular host
| TV series
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery]]''
| Guest - herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2016; 2022
| ''[[Today Extra]]''
| Guest host
| TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Silvia's Italian Table]]''
| Guest - herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2017
| ''[[2017 Logie Awards]]''
| Herself - Audience member
| TV Special
|-
| 2017
| ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''
| Guest role: Reporter #1
| TV series, US/Australia, 1 episode
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Hughesy, We Have a Problem]]''
| Guest - herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Daily Edition]]''
| Guest - herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2019
| ''[[One Plus One (TV program)|One Plus One]]''
| Guest - Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2019; 2021
| ''[[News Breakfast]]''
| Guest - Herself
| ABC TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 2019
| ''[[7.30]]''
| Guest - Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2020; 2022
| ''[[Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell]]''
| Herself
| ABC TV series, 2 episodes
|-
| 2021
| ''[[National Press Club (Australia)|National Press Club]]''
| Herself - Guest speaker
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Back in Time For the Corner Shop]]''
| Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The ABC Of]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2022
| ''Ticketyboo''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Insiders (Australian TV program)|Insiders]]''
| Herself - Talking Pictures
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Australian Story]]''
| Herself
| ABC TV series, 1 episode
|- 
|2022
|''[[Today Extra]]''
|Guest - Herself
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
|2022
|''[[The Morning Show (TV program)|The Morning Show]]''
|Guest - Herself
|TV series, 1 episode
|-
| 2022; 2023
| ''[[Studio 10]]''
| Guest - Herself
| TV series, 3 episodes
|}

==Other roles and activities ==
From 1993 to 1994, Buttrose was president of [[Chief Executive Women]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Ita Buttrose | website=Chief Executive Women | date=10 July 2023 | url=https://cew.org.au/about-us/former-cew-presidents/ita-buttrose/ | access-date=8 April 2024}}</ref>

In 2011 she was elected President of Alzheimer's Australia until end of June 2014. She is currently{{when|date=August 2023}} an ambassador for Alzheimer's Australia.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Buttrose is or has been a patron of Women of Vision, [[World Vision Australia]], the Macular Disease Foundation of Australia, the [[University of the Third Age]], the [[Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of Australia]], Amarant, the National Menopause Foundation, the Sydney Women's Festival, Safety House, and the National Institute of Secretaries and Administrators.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Buttrose is{{when|date=August 2023}} also an ambassador of the Australian Women Chamber of Commerce (AWCCI) and sits on the AWCCI Advisory Board.<ref name="Heaney"/> She works on the professional speakers' circuit.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.saxton.com.au/speakers/ita-buttrose|title = Book Ita Buttrose for your next event}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awcci.org.au/AboutUs/AdvisoryCommittee/tabid/68/Default.aspx |title=Advisory Committee|work=awcci.org.au|publisher=[[Australian Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry]]| access-date= 2012-02-26| url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309121128/http://www.awcci.org.au/AboutUs/AdvisoryCommittee/tabid/68/Default.aspx|archive-date=9 March 2012}}</ref>

==Recognition and honours==
Buttrose was made an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in 1979,<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1107556 It's an Honour] – Officer of the Order of the British Empire</ref> and appointed an [[Officer of the Order of Australia]] (AO) in 1988.<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/872553 It's an Honour] – Officer of the Order of Australia</ref> In 2003, she was awarded the [[Centenary Medal]].<ref>[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1126678 It's an Honour] – Centenary Medal</ref> Buttrose was inducted to the [[Victorian Honour Roll of Women]] in 2001, and advanced to [[Companion of the Order of Australia]] (AC) in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|title='Extraordinary' Australians honoured in annual Queen's Birthday ceremonies| url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/extraordinary-australians-honoured-in-annual-queen-s-birthday-ceremonies-20190606-p51v6q.html|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=9 June 2019|access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref>

In August 2017 Buttrose was recognised for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement at the annual [[Kennedy Awards (journalism)|Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism]].<ref>[https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/08/ita-buttrose-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-for-journalism.html tvtonight.com.au]</ref><ref name=honourroll>{{cite web | title=Kennedy Awards Honour Roll | website=The Kennedy Awards | url=https://kennedyawards.com.au/kennedy-awards-honour-roll/ | access-date=13 August 2022}}</ref>

In 1984 she was named the Variety Club 'Personality of the Year' as well as winning the Australasian Academy of Broadcast, Arts and Sciences for the 'Most Promising Newcomer to Radio'. In 1993 Buttrose was named Juvenile Diabetes Foundation's 'Australian of the Year'. {{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

In April 2011, Buttrose and ''Cleo'' were the subject of the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC-TV]] two-part [[telemovie]] ''[[Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo]]'', starring [[Asher Keddie]] as Buttrose, [[Rob Carlton]] as Kerry Packer and [[Tony Barry]] as Frank Packer.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1724700/ IMDb – ''Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo'']</ref>

In January 2013, Buttrose was named the 2013 [[Australian of the Year]].{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

She was awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Letters]] degree by [[Macquarie University]] in 2014 in recognition of her contribution to the arts. In 2015, she was awarded a second honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the [[University of Wollongong]] for her distinguished service to Australian society and for her commitment to advocating for vulnerable people in the community.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} She was awarded an honorary Doctor of the university degree by the [[University of New South Wales]] in 2018 in recognition of her eminent service to health, and for being an inspirational role model for aspiring women in business and for those wanting to make a difference in society.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dubach |first1=Isabelle |title=Honorary doctorate awarded to Ita Buttrose, health advocate and inspirational role model |url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/honorary-doctorate-awarded-ita-buttrose-health-advocate-and-inspirational-role-model |website=UNSW Newsroom |date=13 November 2018 |publisher=University of New South Wales |access-date=26 February 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life==

At 21 years of age, Buttrose married architect Alasdair "Mac" Macdonald and had two children. 
In 1975, while editing ''The Australian Women's Weekly'', her marriage to Macdonald broke down and the couple divorced in 1976. Later she met Peter Sawyer and they married in 1979. By her own account it was "not a very happy marriage"; Sawyer left in 1980 and they subsequently divorced.<ref name="TalkingHeads"/>

Buttrose cared for her father after he was diagnosed with [[vascular dementia]]. He died in 1999.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Understanding Alzheimer's: the complete Australian guide to the management and prevention of Alzheimer's|last1=Martins|first1=Ralph|last2=Ragg|first2=Mark|publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia|year=2013|isbn=9781742611983|location=Sydney|pages=ix|chapter=Foreword}}</ref>

In his 2007 book ''Who Killed Channel Nine?'', former Nine Network producer [[Gerald Stone]] claimed that Buttrose and Kerry Packer conducted a private but intense affair during Buttrose's tenure on ''Cleo''. Stone also claimed that Packer even offered to marry her but she rejected the idea and they split after a "blazing row". Buttrose herself has repeatedly declined to comment on the matter.<ref>[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sydney-nsw/itas-volatile-affair-with-packer/story-e6freuzi-1111113909532 Sharri Markson and Sarah Blake, "Ita's volatile affair with Packer", ''Sydney Daily Telegraph'', 8 July 2007.]</ref>

Buttrose resides in Sydney.

==List of works==
Buttrose has authored or co-authored 10 books:

* ''A Guide to Australian Etiquette'' (2011)
* ''Eating for Eye Health: the Macular Degeneration Cookbook'', co-authored with Sydney chef Vanessa Jones (2009)
* ''Get in Shape: A complete workout for strength, health & vitality'', co-authored with Lee Campbell (2007)
* ''Motherguilt: Australian women reveal their true feelings about Motherhood'', co-authored with Dr Penny Adams (2005; reprinted 2006)
* ''How Much Is Enough? Your Financial Roadmap to a Happy Retirement'', co- authored with Will Buttrose and Mike Galgut (2003)
* ''What is Love?'' (2000)
* ''A Word to the Wise'' (1999)
* ''A Passionate Life'' (1998; updated paperback version published 2001)
* ''Every Occasion: The Guide to Modern Etiquette'' (1985)
* ''Early Edition: My First Forty Years'' (1985)

=== Chapter profile ===
* "Ita Buttrose AO, OBE: Journalist, businesswoman, television personality and author", pp. [52]-55, in: ''The world we see: leadership lessons from Australia's iconic change makers'', Sarah Liu, 2016 ({{ISBN|9780646958804}})

===Introductions===
* Foreword: Martins, Ralph and Ragg, Mark. ''Understanding Alzheimer's: the complete Australian guide to the management and prevention of Alzheimer's'' (2013, Pan Macmillan Australia).

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Australian Women's Register|IMP0219b|Buttrose, Ita Clare (1942–)|archive=20030506065800}}
* {{Australian Women and Leadership|WLE0683b|Buttrose, Ita Clare (1942–)}}

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