She is in frequent demand as a speaker and public advocate of the arts all over the world, and her Wal Cherry and Manning Clark Memorial Lectures in 2008/2009 have increased that status. She was a commentator at the inaugural broadcast Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras for the ABC, Australia. She has been a television guest on "The Michael Parkinson Show", "Clive James at Home", "Good News Week" (ABC); "Adelaide Festival 1998" (ABC National three-part series), the "David Frost New Year Special", "The Midday Show", "Tonight Live", "Review", "Dateline", "Denton", and "Express".