AdvertisementNationalVictoriaCBD The former police chief in the running to replace Julie Bishop Fiona Byrne and Sally Rawsthorne August 10, 2026 — 5:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Then-chancellor Julie Bishop fronts the media after a meeting with ANU staff in September. Former Victoria Police chief Christine Nixon is said to be close to the ANU’s acting chancellor, Rebecca Brown. Michael Clayton-Jones Nixon became the first woman to hold the role as Victoria Police chief commissioner in 2001. Sam D’Agostino/SDP Media Daniher attended with her six-week-old son Ted Neale Daniher-Howell, whose name honours her late father Neale, the founder of FightMND.