An impact beyond celebrity Germaine Greer is the only woman in today's alphabetical list of 20 of the 100 most influential Australians of the century.
Women fare better on other days, although they remain underrepresented.
Many more women will be included when lists are drawn up at the end of this century because they will have been closer to power for longer. A universities ombudsman should be appointed to consider complaints from academics about falling standards, writes Julie Wells. Uranium weapons fallout part of our making Australia is far from an innocent bystander to the damage being done by weapons that use depleted uranium, writes Helen Caldicott. The Palestinians can no longer evade making a clear statement of just what they want in return for peace, writes Thomas L. Friedman. Fine legs, maybe, but certainly no maidens Officials have only themselves to blame, writes Alan Attwood, for cricket's latest taint of scandal.