Pru Goward

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pru Goward
Occupation	Biographer
Date Of Birth	Sep 2, 1952(1952-09-02)
Age	72
Birthplace	Adelaide
Country	Australia
Birth City	South Australia
Horoscope	Virgo

Pru Goward Biography

Pru Goward is one of the most popular and richest Biographer who was born on September 2, 1952 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Prudence Jane Goward, an Australian politician and politician, was born 2 September 1952. She was a Liberal member in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

In 1986, Goward married journalist David Barnett. Barnett and Goward have been friends for many years and wrote a biography about John Howard together in 1997.

Goward was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001 for services to journalism and women’s rights.

Goward was the Sex Discrimination Commissioner at HREOC, a five-year tenure she began in July 2001. In this role, she called for the introduction of paid maternity leave, a position rejected by the Howard government. Howard extended her tenure for an additional three years in July 2006. However, she successfully ran for New South Wales state parliament in March 2007.

Goward began her career with ABC TV and Radio as a reporter for Nationwide in

1980. She then became a political correspondent for the 7.30 Report and was later promoted to host of the 2CN Morning Show and Daybreak at Radio National. She was also a teacher in high schools, an economist at University of Canberra, and a journalist consultant.

Pru Goward Net Worth

Pru Goward is one of the richest Biographer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pru Goward 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

From 1973 to 1983, she was married to Alastair Fischer (university lecturer), whom she met while attending Adelaide University.

Goward was the daughter of Zipporah and Gerald Riggs. She was raised in Adelaide. On a half-scholarship, she was able to get into Woodlands Church of England Girls Grammar School. Adelaide University awarded her a Bachelor in Arts (Econ) (Hons), in 1974.

She was Executive Director of the Office of the Status of Women in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from 1997 to 1999. In this position, Goward criticised the business community for the “primitive attitudes” that kept women out of senior executive ranks and boardrooms. At the time of her appointment, she was criticised by Anne Summers, a previous Executive Director, and Carmen Lawrence, a prominent female politician, for her perceived inexperience and political connection to the Howard government.

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Who is Pru Goward Dating?

According to our records, Pru Goward married to David Barnett , Alastair Fischer. As of December 1, 2023, Pru Goward’s is not dating anyone.

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As the state’s Community Services Minister, Goward announced in mid-March 2014 that around 300 harbourfront public housing properties will be sold under the management of Government Property NSW, with the proceeds reinvested into the public housing system. Considered historic structures, the harbourfront properties are located at Millers Point, The Rocks and on Gloucester Street, and include the Sirius complex, a high-rise, 79-unit apartment complex near the Harbour Bridge. The government expects to generate hundreds of millions of dollars from the sales and Goward explained, as a justification of the sale: “In the last two years alone, nearly [A]$7 million has been spent maintaining this small number of properties. That money could have been better spent on building more social housing, or investing in the maintenance of public housing properties across the state.”

Facts & Trivia

Pru Ranked on the list of most popular Biographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Pru Goward celebrates birthday on September 2 of every year.

In December 2018, she announced that she would not be contesting the next election in March 2019.