# Vale Mary Gaudron, Australia's first female High Court judge

An episode of [Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/319622422), 16 Sep 2026, 25 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/oi/Z/a4.mp3

Mary Gaudron has died at the age of 83, a giant of the Australian legal profession. She was a woman of many firsts: the first woman to sit on the Australian High Court, the first to hold the rank of a federal court judge, the first to be appointed Solicitor-General anywhere in the Commonwealth, the first woman admitted to the NSW Bar in 1972. Her colleague John Basten AO KC, former judge of the NSW Court of Appeal, remembers a formidable figure, who leaves a lasting legacy. Guest: • John Basten AO KC, former judge of the NSW Court of Appeal

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