| 18th
May, 2005
Perth-based
burns specialist and Australian of the Year Fiona Wood is
Australia’s most trusted person in a poll which asked
recipients to rank 100 promiment Australians according to
trust.
Other individuals who rated highly in the Reader’s
Digest annual trust survey included Olivia Newton-John
(at two), Princess Mary of Denmark (3), TV vet Dr Harry Cooper
(4) and Ian Kiernan, the founder of Clean Up Australia (5).
Rev Tim Costello, the chief executive of World Vison, came
in 30 while the Governor-General, Michael Jeffrey came in
at 65 and the Prime Minister, John Howard, at 85. Immigration
minister Amanda Vanstone was ranked lowest.
Slightly more than 1,500 “statistically representative”
adult Australians were polled for survey during late February
and early March.
The survey also found that ambulance officers are Australia’s
most trusted professionals followed by firefighters, mothers
and nurses.
Ministers and priests ranked at 16 while real estate agents
ranked at 28, care salesman at 29 and politicians at 30.
Cadbury was ranked as the most trusted brand followed by Panadol
and Colgate (equal second), Sony (4), Nokia (5) and Kelloggs
(6).
- DAVID ADAMS
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