Jane Caro

Catherine Jane Caro (born 24 June 1957), known as Jane Caro, is an Australian social commentator, writer, and lecturer.

Early life and education Catherine Jane Caro and emigrated to Australia with her parents as a five-year-old in 1963.

Career Caro started her career in marketing, but soon moved into advertising. She has since worked for various broadcast media as a journalist and social commentator, and has written several books.

Politics Caro had been tipped to run against Tony Abbott in the 2019 Australian federal election, for his long-held Sydney seat in the Australian House of Representatives, the Division of Warringah, but instead publicly advocated voting for the Australian Greens, Sarah Hanson-Young specifically.

Caro stood as a Reason Party candidate for a New South Wales Australian Senate seat in the 2022 Australian federal election.

Writing Caro has written many articles for publications such as The Saturday Paper; The Conversation; The Guardian; The Sydney Morning Herald; the ABC; and Online Opinion.

She has also written many books.

Other activities Caro has been on the boards of the NSW Public Education Foundation (2012) and Bell Shakespeare (2020).

She was a speaker at the 2014 Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney.

she was an ambassador for the National Secular Lobby.

Awards and recognition In 2018, Caro won the Women in Leadership Award in the 2018 Walkley Awards.

She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of her "significant service to the broadcast media as a journalist, social commentator and author".

In 2023 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the B & T Women in Media Awards.

Personal life Caro is a feminist and atheist, and also a proponent of public education.

She married Ralph Dunning, and has two children.

Publications As author

As editor

As contributor