[1] Her parents were Sidney Gotto, a flight lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force, and his wife, Lesley Webster.

[4] Gotto also worked as a stage actress for the Canberra Repertory Society, appearing in the lead roles of several plays, but gave up amateur theatre to concentrate on her secretarial career.

[3] In January 1968, Gotto, then aged 21, was announced as the new personal private secretary to the Prime Minister, John Gorton.

[12] After leaving the Public Service, Gotto worked for Bill Pollock at the Canadian recruitment company Drake International in Australia between 1972 and 1978.

[17] In early 2008 she returned to Parliament House as chief of staff to shadow finance minister, Senator Helen Coonan.

[20] Gotto died eleven days after her 72nd birthday, at Wolper Jewish Hospital in Woollahra, Sydney, on 25 February 2018, due to complications from cancer.