Lisa Wilkinson shares a sweet tribute to Ita Buttrose ahead of her appearance in the ABC’s Australian story
Lisa Wilkinson shared a tribute to Ita Buttrose ahead of her appearance on ABC’s Australian Story.
The 62-year-old shared a photo of herself on Instagram with Ita, 80, and said she was “grateful” for the role the former magazine editor has played in her career.
‘I have so much to be grateful to Ita Buttrose, and if you’ve read my autobiography you’ll know it all started with a note she wrote to me when I was a wet young magazine behind my ears . editor in the early 80s in her early days,” Lisa began.
Lisa Wilkinson (right) shared a sweet tribute to Ita Buttrose (left) ahead of her appearance on ABC’s Australian Story
“By the mid-1980s I had become editor of CLEO, the magazine she had started so successfully in 1972, and then by the mid-1990s when I moved into television, we became panelists on Beauty & The Beast – and we both had a ball.
Lisa continued, “Over the years, our paths have continued to cross in the most beautiful way possible. Tomorrow night on @abctv’s Aussie Story I can say thank you.
The episode will reflect Ita’s career as a journalist and magazine editor.
The 62-year-old shared a photo of herself on Instagram with Ita, 80, and said she was “grateful” for the role the former magazine editor has played in her career.
Last week, Ita admitted she had suffered from ageism, but thinks older people are very valuable to the workforce.
“Are we an ageist society? Yes, I think we still are. I mean, you listen to people talk about a shortage of workers; Well, what’s the deal with older people’s employment? It’s people’s biases against older people,” she told Stellar Magazine.
‘You hear it all the time, ‘Oh, they can’t be recycled.’ “They are too old.” It’s wrong. There is a lot of evidence abroad that shows that older people can be retrained, that they adapt to technology, that they are very eager to learn new skills.
“And if you train them properly, they will turn out to be fantastic workers.” They take fewer days off than younger people and they don’t spend all day texting on their phones.”
The Australian story will reflect Ita’s career as a journalist and magazine editor
Elsewhere in the interview, Ita admitted that she is unlikely to remarry at this point in her life.
“I really don’t think it’s going to happen. I’m a romantic — and even I don’t like my chances,” she said.
‘But look, I’m quite happy living my own life. You just take where life takes you. And if it surprises you, it surprises you.
Ita was previously married to Peter Sawyer from 1979 to 1980, and before that to Alasdair Macdonald between 1963 and 1976.
Last week, Ita admitted she had suffered from ageism, but thinks older people are very valuable to the workforce.
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