Farewell Judith Liauw
July 16, 2010
YESTERDAY saw the passing of
Judith Liauw, community
pharmacist, President of the
Tasmanian Branch of the Pharmacy
Guild of Australia and PSA member.
“Judith was at the forefront of
modern community pharmacy in
Australia,” a statement from the
Guild said.
“She was an intelligent, gracious
and committed woman who made
an enduring contribution to
pharmacy and the broader health
system,” the Guild added.
In addition to her official industry
functions, Judy, a community
pharmacist with 30 years experience,
had been the director and manager
of the Westside Pharmacy in
Ulverstone, Tasmania since 1985.
“Judy was unstinting in
supporting and promoting rural
pharmacy as well as doing
everything she could to help early
career pharmacists become
established,” said PSA president,
Warwick Plunkett.
Throughout her distinguished
career, Judy also held positions
including National Councillor at the
Pharmacy Guild of Australia, the
Chair of the Guild’s Women and
Young Pharmacists Committee, the
Chair of the Australian Association
of Consultant Pharmacy, Chair of
the Guild’s Government Relations
and Policy Committee, as well as
being the only pharmacist on the
13-person External Resource Group
for the Department of Health and
Ageing’s National Primary Health
Care Strategy.
Last week the Guild National
Council voted unanimously to elect
Judy as an honorary life member -
making her only the third woman to
be honoured as such in the
organisation’s 80 year history.
In her resignation letter to the
Guild, written earlier in the month,
Judy said “I hope I have left a
legacy of participation by the
women and young pharmacists in
the rural regions to excel in spite of
the apparent barriers faced.”
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