the ABC Radio National program 'Counterpoint', and as of 2013 is now its full-time presenter every Monday at 4pm. In 2013 and 2014 she was a member of the Abbott Government's National Commission of Audit, which was established to improve the Australian government's budget. She is the Chairwoman of Vision 20/20 Australia. Political views Vanstone is a former Liberal Party politician who, as host of the Counterpoint radio program since 2013, has become a political journalist at the ABC. She supported the leadership ambitions of Malcolm Turnbull over those of Tony Abbott in the 2015 Liberal leadership spill that saw Turnbull take the Prime Ministership. She describes herself as a "liberal" rather than a "conservative". She was a leading member of the Liberal Party of Australia's moderate faction and a mentor to younger Liberal moderates, including fellow South Australian Christopher Pyne. References External links Amanda Vanstone, Senate Biography Australian Women biographical entry Vanstone pens ode to Australia, 4 February 2007, News.com.au, AAP Transcript: Amanda Vanstone, Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 24 May 2004. 1952 births Living people Ambassadors of Australia to Italy Ambassadors of Australia to San Marino Ambassadors of Australia to Libya Australian women diplomats Members of the Australian Senate Members of the Australian Senate for South Australia Members of the Cabinet of Australia Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Officers of the Order of Australia Port Adelaide Football Club administrators Adelaide Law School alumni Women members of the Australian Senate Women government ministers of Australia ABC radio (Australia) journalists and presenters 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians 20th-century Australian politicians Female justice ministers Women television journalists Australian women ambassadors 20th-century Australian women politicians