Rosie Batty has been more influential in shaping Australian culture than Islamic State or the ABC.
That's the view of The Australian Financial Review Magazine's 2015 Power issue, released on Friday.
The magazine ranks the most influential Australians over the last year, chosen by a panel of prominent politicians, academics and businesspeople.
There are three categories - overt, covert and cultural powerbrokers.
The top three overt power-holders are Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, NSW Premier Mike Baird and Deputy Liberal Leader Julie Bishop.
The top three covert powerbrokers are Australian defence and security chiefs followed by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and Seven Group chairman Kerry Stokes.
The cultural list does not stick to individuals but also follows movements and public discussions.
Peter McClellan and the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses into Child Sexual Abuse is at No.1, followed by Rosie Batty and her role in a national conversation about domestic violence.
After that come Islamic State, the ABC and Triple J, same-sex marriage and Chinese investors in the Australian property market.
AFR Magazine editor Katrina Strickland told AAP negative issues dominated this year's culture list and she wondered if a change of prime minister might promote more positive national discussion in the year ahead.
CULTURAL POWER LIST:
1. Peter McClellan, royal commission
2. Rosie Batty
3. Islamic State, threat of terrorism
4. ABC/Triple J
5. Same-sex marriage
6. Chinese investors in the Australian property market
7. Glyn Davis
8. Richard Flanagan
9. Australian military chiefs
10. Think tanks
11. Big data
12. Australian pavilion in Venice
13. Gillian Triggs
14. Adam Goodes
OVERT POWER-HOLDERS:
1 Malcolm Turnbull
2 Mike Baird
3 Julie Bishop
4 39 Liberal backbenchers
5 Senate crossbench
6 Scott Morrison
7 Glenn Stevens
8 Bill Shorten
9 Catherine Livingstone
10 Richard Di Natale
COVERT POWER-HOLDERS:
1. Dennis Richardson (Defence Dept secretary), Duncan Lewis (ASIO) and other defence and security chiefs
2. Rupert Murdoch (executive chairman News Corp and co-executive chairman 21st Century Fox)
3. Kerry Stokes (executive chairman Seven Group Holdings)
4. Brian Loughnane (federal director Liberal Party)
5. Michael O'Connor (CFMEU boss) and unions
6. Peter Collins (representing industry super funds)
7. David Gonski (chairman Coca-Cola Amatil, ANZ and chancellor of University of NSW)
8. Richard Goyder (Wesfarmers managing director)
9. Michael Thawley (Secretary, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet)
10. Tanya Plibersek (Deputy Opposition Leader)
11. Ibrahim Abu Mohamed (Grand Mufti of Australia)
12. Noel Pearson, Patrick Dodson (Founder Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership; former chairman Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation)
13. Chris Bowen (shadow treasurer)
14. Jillian Broadbent (chairman Clean Energy Finance Corporation)
15. James Packer (director Crown Resorts)
