 Goward joined ABC TV and Radio in 1980, firstly as a reporter with "Nationwide", then as a political correspondent on the "7.30 Report", and later as host of the 2CN "Morning Show" and "Daybreak" on Radio National.She has also worked as a high school teacher, a university lecturer in economics, a broadcast journalism lecturer at University of Canberra, a media consultant and freelance writer.She was Executive Director of the Office of the Status of Women in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet from 1997 to 1999.