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Julia Eileen Gillard is an Australian former politician who served as the 27th prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. She held office as the leader of the Labor Party (ALP), having previously served as the 13th deputy prime minister from 2007 to 2010. She is the first and only woman to hold either office.
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s coalition - but other results suggested heavy swings against Labor, in particular in the key states of Queensland and New South Wales. Voting is compulsory in Australia, with 14 million registered voters. Snap election Mr Abbott worked through the final night of the campaign. Correspondents say he has tried to exploit the Labor party
[Isis] is a philosophy that has at its core the subjugation of women. “So to be able, in the world in which we live today with those security challenges, to see a great democracy elect a woman to lead it would be a real statement. “[Isis’s philosophy] is anathema to everything I believe in and it’s anathema to everything Hillary stands for.
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“s coalition - but other results suggested heavy swings against Labor, in particular in the key states of Queensland and New South Wales. Voting is compulsory in Australia, with 14 million registered voters. Snap election Mr Abbott worked through the final night of the campaign. Correspondents say he has tried to exploit the Labor party”
“[Isis] is a philosophy that has at its core the subjugation of women. “So to be able, in the world in which we live today with those security challenges, to see a great democracy elect a woman to lead it would be a real statement. “[Isis’s philosophy] is anathema to everything I believe in and it’s anathema to everything Hillary stands for.”
“my father did not die of shame.”
“the subject of a very sexist smear campaign”
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Women's Agenda: How Julia Gillard became the most targeted prime minister during Question Time
The Australian: Newspoll: Bleak winter for PM as Labor hits a Gillard low
Daily Mail: Worrying new poll for Anthony Albanese shows Labor's primary vote sinking to levels not seen since Kevin Rudd knifed Julia Gillard - only this time it's One Nation rather than the Coalition that has them sweating
Awarded Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (2025).
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AAP rated the claim “Julia Gillard told immigrants to adapt to Christian, Australian values or else leave the country.” False. There’s no record of Ms Gillard making any such statement. Much of it can be traced to a US politician's 2001 newspaper opinion piece..
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Full Fact rated the claim “Former Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, said she supported spy agencies monitoring mosques, and that those who do not adapt to Australia’s values, or who want to live under sharia law, should leave the country.” There’s no evidence Ms Gillard said any of this. Parts of the passage resemble remarks made by politicians that preceded Ms Gillard, while the rest is almost identical to an opinion piece written by a US veteran in 2001..
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ABC News rated the claim “"... when we compare the Howard years with the Rudd-Gillard years, both — all governments spent 1.7 per cent to 1.8 per cent of GDP [on defence] on average."” Fair call.
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Awarded Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2021).
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Became chair of the Wellcome Trust, succeeding Eliza Manningham-Buller
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Forbes: Julia Gillard, Australia’s First Female Prime Minister On Leadership, Education And The Misogyny Speech
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The Quint rated the claim “Did Former Australian PM Julia Gillard ask muslims to leave the country” FALSE.
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Alt News rated the claim “Australian PM Julia Gillard asked Muslim to leave their country” Mostly False.
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Awarded honorary doctorate presented by The Open University (2018).
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Awarded BBC 100 Women (2018).
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Was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women
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Awarded Companion of the Order of Australia (2017).
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nowtolove: Julia Gillard has a brand new gig and it’s an extremely worthwhile one
Gillard was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) "for eminent service to the Parliament of Australia, particularly as Prime Minister, through seminal contributions to economic and social development, part
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Awarded honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2015).
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nowtolove: Julia Gillard had some hard words for her critics
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: VIDEO: Julia Gillard's former partner tells royal commission union 'slush fund' not for his benefit
“s alternative plan to trial pre-commitment in the ACT and require that pre-commitment technology be installed in all poker machines built from 2013, but that this fell short of what he had been promised in return for supporting the government. In response, Gillard and Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin argued that there was not enough support in the House of Representatives for Wilkie”
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“loudly barrack from the sidelines”
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“Kevin had to be the leader in our alliance because I understood that I was not what Labor needed at that point: a woman, not married, an atheist.”
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The Conversation: Julia Gillard hits back at a long history of sexism in parliament
Asia Society: An Address by the Honorable Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia
That "Gillard is being persecuted both because she is a woman and in ways that would be impossible to apply to a man"
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“course of human history now is that we are going to see same-sex marriage here and in, you know, most parts of the developed world.”
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Career landmark: Commonwealth Chair-in-Office (2011–2013).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Australia (2010–2013).
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“t move into The Lodge until she was elected prime minister in her own right, instead choosing to divide her time between a flat in Canberra and her home in Altona, a western suburb of Melbourne. Gillard moved into The Lodge on 26 September 2010. As well as being the first female prime minister, and the first never to have married, Gillard was the first prime minister since Billy Hughes to have been born overseas. The leadership question remained a feature of the Gillard government”
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Gillard agreed with Nick Xenophon, Andrew Wilkie and the Australian Greens to introduce poker machine reform legislation (to curb gambling problem) into the Australian parliament by May 2012
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Stephen Smith retained the portfolio of Foreign Affairs up until the 2010 election, when he was moved to Defence
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Campaign: 2010 election.
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Stated "the Marriage Act is appropriate in its current form, that is recognising that marriage is between a man and a woman" and that marriage being between a man and woman "has a special status"
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“I absolutely condemn the placement of this information on the WikiLeaks website. It”
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“I will make education central to my economic agenda because of the role it plays in developing the skills that lead to rewarding and satisfying work – and that can build a high-productivity, high-participation economy.”
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“national interest, a decision about strengthening our strategic partnership with India in this the Asian century.”
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Where she signed a deal with US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to encourage improved policy collaboration in education reform between both countries
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Whereby a series of standardised tests focused on basic skills are administered annually to Australian students
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Career landmark: Minister for Social Inclusion (2007–2010).
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And the prolonged attacks against Indians living in Australia during 2009 to 2010
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A record which was not exceeded until August 2021, when Scott Morrison overtook her as the 14th longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia
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Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (2007–2010).
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Career landmark: Minister for Education (2007–2010).
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Career landmark: Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations (2007–2010).
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard made a speech encouraging Muslims should leave Australia.” Mixture.
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Saying that "Women without money would be left without that choice or in the hands of backyard abortion providers" and that she understood "the various moral positions" regarding abortions
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“s Australian Story program that Gillard had spoken from a young age of never wanting children. Gillard herself told the program that while she admired women who could balance child rearing with a career,”
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Career landmark: Manager of Opposition Business in the House (2003–2006).
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Career landmark: member of the Australian House of Representatives (1998–2013).
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Became chief of staff to John Brumby, the Leader of the Opposition in Victoria
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Gillard resigned from her position with Slater & Gordon to serve as chief of staff to John Brumby, at that time the Leader of the Opposition in Victoria
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Was admitted as a partner; at the age of 29, she was the youngest partner within the firm, and one of the first women to hold the position
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Gillard joined the law firm Slater & Gordon, eventually becoming a partner in 1990, specialising in industrial law
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Joined the law firm Slater & Gordon in Werribee, Victoria, working in industrial law
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Became the second woman to lead the Australian Union of Students, serving until the organisation's discontinuation in 1984
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And moved to Melbourne to work with the Australian Union of Students
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Where she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1986 and a Bachelor of Arts in 1989
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Eight years after they arrived, Gillard and her family became Australian citizens
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Born 1961-09-29.
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“s 7.30 Report: Foreign policy is not my passion. It”
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