In early 1972, 30-year-old journalist and editor, Ita Buttrose (Asher Keddie)
and 35-year-old Kerry Packer (Rob Carlton), heir to what was then Australia's most ruthlessly powerful and influential publishing family, got together to create a magazine that became one of the most dramatic sensations in Australian publishing history. CLEO went on to help define women, Australia and the relationship between the two.