(29 February 1940 – 7 August 2016)

Gae Margaret Pincus completed a Bachelor of Laws at the Australian National University. Gae began work in the Office of Women’s Affairs as an Associate for High Court Justice Lionel Murphy in 1982 and returned to the Public Service in 1983 to work in a legislative capacity, dealing with law reform within various government departments. She went on to establish and chair the National Food Authority before working for the international body Food and Agricultural Organization.