 She served as a senior fellow of the Institute of Public Affairs (1988–96), a commissioner of the NSW Electricity Commission (1988–95) and chairman of the board of directors of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (1987–92).She also served on the boards of large corporations including Western Mining Corporation and ANZ Banking Group.In 1986 she received the inaugural Britannica Award for the "dissemination of learning for the benefit of mankind".