Career
From 1955 to 1958, she was State Chairman of the Women"s Section of the party. In 1962 she was made Metropolitan Vice-Present of Victorian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia, and in 1964 Honorary Secretary of the National Council of Women of Victoria, which posts she held until 1967, when she represented Australia at the International Council of Women Executive Meeting in London. From 1966 to 1972 she was the Australian convenor of the Migrating Standing Committee.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s she represented the Victorian State Government on the Consumer Protection Council.
In 1967 she became Honorary Secretary on the Australia Board of the National Council of Women, a post which she held for 3 years. From 1971 to 1973 she was a representative on the Commonwealth Immigration Advisory Council.
In 1978 Audrey Reader was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to women"s affairs and politics.
