Julie McCrossin

Julie Elizabeth McCrossin (born 2 October 1954) is an Australian radio broadcaster, journalist, comedian, political commentator and activist for women's and gay rights. She is best known for her role as a team captain on the news-based comedy quiz show Good News Week between 1996 and 2000.

Personal life Born in 1954, McCrossin grew up in Sydney. She had troubles with alcohol in her youth and describes herself as having been a "hopeless drinker" before she stopped drinking altogether at age 24. She lives with her long-term partner, Melissa Gibson, and Melissa's two children from a previous relationship. She is an anarchist.

Career McCrossin, who describes her job as "[talking] for a living", began her career in children's theatre. In 1981 she published Women, wimmin, womyn, womin, whippets-On Lesbian Separatism, a critique of some aspects of the feminist separatist movement of the day from an anarcho-feminist perspective.

McCrossin her first broadcasting job on "Gaywaves" for the community radio station 2SER.

Between 1996 and 2000, McCrossin was a weekly participant on the news-based television comedy Good News Week as captain of one of two competing teams. She was also a co-presenter of the television coverage of the 2002, 2009 and 2010 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parades.

In 2009, McCrossin was named one of the 25 most influential lesbians in Australia by readers of the website samesame.com.au.

Philanthropy In 2014, McCrossin participated in a Coastrek fundraiser to promote The Fred Hollows Foundation and raise awareness of health issues within underserved communities and Indigenous Australia. With McCrossin's help, Coastrek raised $2.6 million in funds for the non-profit organization. McCrossin became a distinguished ambassador for the Fred Hollows Foundation.