Kate Torney

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Kate Torney has extensive experience in Australian media and philanthropy, having spent 20 years at the ABC, including six as News Director, and six years as Chief Executive of the State Library of Victoria.
At the State Library, Kate led an $88 million redevelopment project, including generating about $30 million in philanthropic support to reimagine the library’s services and historic spaces.
During Kate’s time at the ABC, she had oversight of 1,400 reporters and production staff across Australia and globally. She also oversaw the major review that led to the ABC’s successful re-orientation towards digital platforms, and the launch of the ABC News 24 channel.
In October 2021 Kate commenced her role as Chief Executive Office at Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.