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Jane is an accomplished public speaker, debater, M/C and quiz-mistress.

1991
• SPOT ON JOAN - a tribute to Joan Kirner. M/C. (1991)

1992
• Launch of the ANTE/POST NATAL PACKAGE LAUNCH for QUIT. M/C

1993
• THE AGE ACCENT - 3LO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN' S DAY
• LUNCHEON DEBATE M/C - Grand Hyatt Ballroom. Debate topic "Women at the forefront of change".

SYDNEY GOOD FOOD GUIDE Launch of the '93/'94 for The Age via Anne O'Donovan Publishing. M/C

THE GREAT PARACHUTE DEBATE - for the Mental Health Research Institute. At the Great Hall of the National Gallery of Victoria.

MOTHER'S DAY DEBATE AND BRUNCH for the Women' s Mid-Life Health Project,Melbourne University, at the Grand Hyatt Ballroom.

also:
• 1997: Debated the topic" That Silence is Golden" .
• 1998: Debated thetopic: " That we are becoming the men we wanted to marry"
• 1999: MC only
• 2002: Debated topic: " That the love of food is the sincerest love of all" (GBShaw)
• 2003: " First in Best Dressed"

1998
• SAFETY IN ACTION 3 day Expo and Awards Night Dinner for Workcover M/C

1999
• INTERNATIONAL BEER AWARDS - hosted the awards night at the Hyatt Grand Ballroom M/C
• Opening of the new PLANETARIUM at Scienceworks M/C

2000
• Opening of the CLOCKTOWER CENTRE Theatre Season at the Essendon Town Hall M/C
• SPOT ON JOAN 2 - 10 yr anniversary 2000 at the Malthouse M/C

2001
City of Kingston Business Womens Luncheons:
• Guest speaker and M/C every year, from 2000 to 2007. 2 or 3 events a year, featuring a guest speaker, council speakers, corporate exercises and competitions.

Hypotheticals"in the Geoffrey Robertson-style" of preparing a scenario, guiding a panel of speakers through the topic and fielding questions from the floor:
• Ministry of Housing May 2001
• Department of Community Services - Immunisation Programme.

International Women' s Day Events:
• City of Moonee Valley
• Women's Health West.
• ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB WOMEN'S NETWORK GRAND FINAL LUNCHEON DEBATE M/C
• ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB FAMILY DAY
• Post-2001Grand Final M/C

2002
• ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB occasional host/MC at match-day corporate functions and players'forums
• ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB WOMEN'S NETWORK GRAND FINAL LUNCHEON DEBATE M/C
• CITY OF MELBOURNE: CONVERSATIONS at MELBOURNE TOWN HALL
• Cafe Society (speaker)
• There Is No Sanity Clause (M/C)
• WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION Annual Awards at Flemington Atrium M/C
• FINTONA GIRLS SCHOOL After-dinner Speaker

2003
• PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS M/C
• MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION Function with guest speakers including CHERIE BLAIR M/C
• MENTONE GIRLS GRAMMAR After-dinner speaker
• ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB WOMEN�S NETWORK GRAND FINAL LUNCHEON DEBATE M/C
• YOORALLA "SCHOOLS OUT ON STAGE"
• Private Schools Choirs in competition at BMW Edge. M/C

2004
• ABC RADIO NATIONAL Host of the Radio National Quiz all year.
• CITY OF MOONEE VALLEY COMMUNITY AWARDS M/C
• ABC GARDENING AUSTRALIA Live at Caulfield Racecourse M/C of the Live Stage with numerous presenters and hands-on events.
• IMMIGRATION MUSEUM Launch of the Station Pier installation M/C
• WET NOSE DAY for SEDA (Seeing Eye Dogs Aust.) Live outdoor event at Birrarung Marr, working with dogs and their owners. M/C
• EX LIBRIS "PORT FAIRY LITERATURE FESTIVAL " Launch M/C
• INTERNATIONAL WOMEN' S DAY AT FED SQUARE 8 speakers and bands. M/C
• ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB WOMEN'S NETWORK GRAND FINAL LUNCHEON DEBATE M/C
• CITY OF MELBOURNE: CONVERSATIONS at MELBOURNE TOWN HALL - Shopping !

2005
• CONFERENCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT CEO's (speaker)
• SOCIETY OF EDITORS (speaker)
• PERIOPTIC NURSES CONFERENCEB (speaker)
• CITY OF GREATER GEELONG (speaker)
• QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL Media Launch with various speakers and artists. M/C
• AUSTRALIAN OPERA Dinner dance and auction. M/C
• MELBOURNE WRITER'S FESTIVAL M/C of various panels.
• NED KELLY AWARDS for Crime Fiction. M/C
• ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB WOMEN'S NETWORK GRAND FINAL LUNCHEON DEBATE M/C
• CITY OF MELBOURNE: CONVERSATIONS at MELBOURNE TOWN HALL - Women in Jazz

2006
• MELBOURNE WRITER'S FESTIVAL"FESTIVAL CLUB HOST"
• M/C and co-ordinator of 2 weeks of events every night in the Festival Marquee, featuring local and international writers.
• CAULFIELD GRAMMAR After-dinner speaker
• NED KELLY AWARDS for Crime Fiction M/C and moderator of Debate
• ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB WOMEN's NETWORK GRAND FINAL LUNCHEON DEBATE M/C

2007
• AUSTRALIA DAY EVE INNAUGURAL COMEDY DEBATE
  For the Aust. Day Council. Outdoor at Docklands North Quay Precinct.
• KNOX FESTIVAL
  Miele Cookery Stage-2 days of hosting a line-up of celebrity chefs, cooking, interviewing, fielding audience participation. M/C
• THE GULLIVER AWARDS
  Speaker
• INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY for Trades Hall, in the Bourke St. Mall.
  M/C for a line-up of events and speakers including Julia Gillard and Sharan Burrow.
• ROYAL WOMENS HOSPITAL
  Media Launch of the Mothers Day Appeal. M/C
• MELBOURNE WRITERS FESTIVAL 07 FESTIVAL CLUB HOST
  M/C and co-ordinator of 2 weeks of events every night in the Festival Marquee,
  featuring local and international writers.
• Not forgetting:
  My two regular, annual gigs for the last ten years as compere and quiz mistress of the Williamstown Primary School Trivia Night and Community Aid Abroad's Annual Charity Quiz at the MCG ! Long may they continue to ring !
Also:

• Ascot Vale Primary Trivia Quiz - 4 years.
• St Kilda Primary School Trivia Night June 2002

Ten years as a volunteer broadcaster on 3RPH ' Radio for the Print-Handicapped.

Also the recording of a number of talking books for Vision Australia.

Jane has been an Australia Day Ambassador for the past 3 years and will undertake the same role in 2008.

Throughout her career, Jane has performed at countless benefits and fund-raisers for any number of causes both political and personal.

Jane is a passionate supporter of the Essendon Football Club and has been a member of the Essendon Women's Network Committee since 2000.

The committee hosts three functions a year including the annual Great Grand Final Comedy Debate held at Crown on the Thursday of Grand Final Week.

It is an AFL endorsed corporate event and attracts a huge audience of both men and women. Although hosted by the Essendon Women's Network it embraces the Women's Networks of all other AFL clubs and is designed as a celebration of women's support and participation in football.

The Annual Football Woman of the Year (affectionately known as the FWOTY) is presented at the event in recognition of women who have made a significant contribution to the game of football.

Jane has been the moderator of the debate since 2000 and has appeared in a wide selection of weird and wonderful costumes - often related to the debate topic. Milliner and fellow-Bomber tragic, Melissa Jackson has collaborated with Jane on these creations for many years.