Kristine Kay Klugman (nee Barnard) is an Australian author, academic and the co-founder of Civil Liberties Australia.

Klugman was born 18 June 1941 in Newcastle, New South Wales before moving to Hobart, Tasmania as a child.

[6] Passing the test, she convinced the board to introduce the option for females in NSW to become full-time firefighters.

For Rotary, she long-time partner Bill Rowlings OAM mounted an exhibition at the National Museum of Australia and venues in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth on the worldwide polio eradication campaign.

In 2003, Klugman and Bill Rowlings co-founded Civil Liberties Australia, a national freedoms and rights body headquartered in Canberra.