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Julia
Gillard PM
Julia
Gillard is Australia's first female Prime Minister. Born
in Wales, her parents moved to Australia for its warmer climate
after she contracted a severe lung infection. But her rise to the
top job in Australian politics has not been a smooth one
When she entered parliament in 1998,
she was mocked for her nasal voice, hairstyle, her dress sense and
failure to embrace domestic life. But the unmarried and childless
Gillard rose above it and said that she is aware she is the first
woman to sit in the role but didn't set out to crash her head
against any glass ceilings. Her toughness and willingness to stand
up for herself is perhaps derived from her working class background.
She was born at Barry in 1961 and counts Welsh Labor leader Nye
Bevan as one of her political heroes . As a baby she contracted a severe lung
infection and spent weeks in a oxygen tent in hospital, prompting
her parents, Moira and John, to look for warmer climes. They decided
to join the thousands of other Ten Pound
Poms moving to Australia, and arrived in Adelaide in 1966. Her
father worked as a nurse and her mother cooked at a refuge for
women At high school, Gillard was a high
achiever and was not afraid to stand up to men in authority. At one
point she lambasted her physics teacher for favoring male students.
She studied law and arts at the University of Adelaide, and became a
prominent figure in campus politics, appointed president of the
Australian Union of Students in 1983 . Her career began in a well known legal
firm which was before she moved into politics as chief of staff to
Victoria's opposition leader, John Brumby. Identifying herself as
member of Labor’s left wing from the start, it took three bids for
pre selection to the Australian Labor party before she was elected
in 1998. She became deputy prime minister after Kevin Rudd's 2007
election victory and took on the portfolios of employment, workplace
relations and education, leading to her being dubbed the 'Minister
for Everything' . As Julia Gillard's profile has grown,
she has been attacked for not marrying her partner or having
children. Gillard, lives with her partner of four years, Tim
Mathieson, a hairdresser. When discussing the issue of children
during a television interview, she said she was full of admiration
for women who can mix it together, working and caring for kids. She
said that there's something in her that's focused and single minded
and that if she was going to have a family then she was not sure she
would have had a political career . Julia Gillard has never had much time to
celebrate becoming Australia's first female Prime Minister. After
successfully challenging Kevin Rudd in 2010. With an election just around the corner, she has
had a host of burning issues on which she has needed to take a clear
position. Arresting the Labor Party's negative opinion poll
performances is not easy as the community is looking for clarity on
issues such as the emissions trading
scheme asylum seekers, gay marriage equality, live
cattle exports and the export
of uranium But PM Gillard said she is
focussing on the reforms needed to keep the economy strong with a
budget surplus. They include carbon tax, mining
profits tax and a national
broadband network . She has remained in office after cobbling
together enough support to form minority government the first in Australia since
World War Two. But she has had the problem and difficulty of
developing government policy agreeable to the two Independents and
Australian Greens There are many difficult issues for Government
to deal with but none have been more of a problem than that
of the Pollution Tax and Refugees PM announces new ministry With Bob
Carr replacing Rudd as Foreign Minister
Attack on sexism a turning
point When
Australia's PM Julia Gillard, told the opposition leader, Tony
Abbott that if he wanted to
know what misogyny looked like he should pick up a mirror, was seen
by many women as a defining
moment for feminism in the country.
The gender
wage gap is barely closing and sexual harassment is rife,
but PM's outburst offers feminists
fresh hope of change .
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Australians Video of 23 who have excelled and
achieved in their chosen fields of endeavour
. ALP national
conference Showed there's still life in the
party and that Julia doesn't always get her own
way Shuffling for Gillard's clean cabinet
future She has reshuffled her ministry to send a
message to her Caucus colleagues that she is in charge Julia Gillard refuses to be
drawn on her future
. Tony Abbott Man's
Man If elected as the PM, it should be scary
for women everywhere. When Julia who was unmarried and
childless and an atheist became Prime Minister, Abbott was
left boiling with
rage Gillard labels Abbott a
misogynist
Julia
Gillard
has hit
back at Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's,
attacking Mr Abbott as a
misogynist Grace under
pressure You've got to love her hilarious advice
to journalists at the National Press Club when she said 'Don't
write crap, it can't be that hard.' Let's not
forget her considerable daring in taking on Alan Jones,
when she capably defended herself from the Jones
relentless attack on her over the proposed carbon tax. She
called out Jones' demagoguery for what it was when she said
'Are you going to let me give people the truth or are
you going to insist on your lies?
Julia Gillard receives final
report On the constitutional recognition of
Australian Indigenous peoples
Gillards Queenmakers Tim Lester talks to the three main
players in the deal that won Julia Gillard the
throne PM reflects on Australian
economy . . Stand up for Julia
Gillard
They believe she
is the right leader for the Australian Labor Party and
strongly encourage you to back and support her
She defeats
Rudd Julia Gillard decisively defeated Kevin
Rudd in a leadership ballot by 71 votes to 31 and declared the
political drama
over Uranium for India Letter to
Gillard Announced Holden rescue
package Why should the Australian taxpayer have
to provide a $275 million handout to maintain an unprofitable,
inefficient and unsustainable car company, producing
overpriced, polluting and petrol guzzling vehicles?
Facing down mining bosses
PM Julia
Gillard has told the mining industry face to face, that they
do not own Australia's mineral wealth, and they have to be
prepared to share more of their profits with the rest of the
population
Chris Uhlmann interview He went after PM Julia Gillard in an
aggressive and impertinent fashion. Former PM Paul Keating
was
appalled at his management of the interview with the Prime Minister, he said that
the political anchor of the national broadcaster's principal
current affairs program should respect his appointment by
establishing the right balance in interviews between inquiry,
engagement and sense of occasion but
he
displayed none of
these Love isnt all about Marriage
Australian PM Julia Gillard has drawn on her own relationship
to defend her opposition to same-sex marriage. She said that the institution
of marriage shouldn't be changed,
Ms Gillard is not married to long-term partner
Tim Mathieson but says that doesn't mean they aren't in a
committed relationship.
She said she thinks you can have a relationship of love
and commitment and trust and understanding that doesn't need a
marriage certificate associated with it. The
Labor
MPs will be allowed a conscience vote on gay marriage when
legislation is put before the Parliament
.
. Julia takes on media
The panel discusses Prime
Minister Gillard's response to alleged impropriety
during her time as a lawyer at Slater and
Gordon Gillard outlines Gonski and
Afghanistan PM Julia Gillardjoins us from
Canberra to discuss her latest plans for actioning David
Gonski's review of Australia's education systemas well as a
response to Australian fatalities in
Afghanistan . Government maps plan for Asian
Century Julia
Gillard presented the new Asian Century white paper
and outlined ways to take advantage of the region's
boom in the areas of economy, education and skills, commerce,
regional security and culture, but how has the road map been
greeted? The Government has a good
story to tell, but it would be more convincing if some of the
key indicators like language studies and diplomatic
representation hadn't been going backwards on its watch. And
it again needs to find the dollars to match its desires. That
will be hard, but at least the nation is on side. Robert
Menzies had a much tougher job. He had to try and convince
Australians that they should extend the hand of friendship to
a recent bitter
enemy
. Stay in touch with the Prime Minister,
you can ask her a question, give advice and pass on well
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