Julia Gillard is a former Australian politician who was country's 27th prime minister and the leader of the Australian Labor party. She was the first woman to hold either position
August 2018
Australia headed for 'ugly' election based on race, warns Julia Gillard
Former Labor PM says Liberal leadership crisis is part of worrying trend in global politics
Australia's leadership battles: A brief and bloody history – video
A new era of political history has cemented itself in Canberra, with the tactic of spilling, swapping and switching party leaders becoming the norm on both side of politics
Our wide brown land
Australia's climate wars: a decade of dithering – video
From John Howard's promise to introduce an emissions trading system in October 2007 to Malcolm Turnbull's dumping of the emissions reduction target from the national energy guarantee in August 2018, the past 11 years of Australian politics has been marked by a torturous series of backflips and U-turns on energy and climate change policy
July 2018
Calling time: Jenny Macklin on Labor, leaders and dedication to policy
The retiring ALP stalwart reflects on her party’s turbulent past, overcoming disappointment and ministerial achievements
Australian embassy reviews US 'mateship' campaign that featured only white men
Ambassador Joe Hockey accepts responsibility after no women or people of colour chosen to reflect friendship between two countries
David Leyonhjelm is milking this moment, rallying his supporters with offence
Katharine Murphy Political editor
Leyonhjelm is an obscure senator facing reelection; wasting his spot of notoriety would be unthinkable
May 2018
'Growing wave of feminist energy': Julia Gillard on Clinton, Ardern and #MeToo
Former Australian PM discusses the role of gender in leadership at Sydney writers’ festival
April 2018
Julia Gillard warns of backlash from gender equality critics
Former Australian PM launches initiative to get more women into leadership roles globally
February 2018
Younger people with mental illness 'could be on disability pension for 20 years'
Australian political feuds: five of the biggest bust-ups
December 2017
The Reckoning
The Reckoning, part 1: David Marr on the road to the child sexual abuse commission – podcast
At the start of a new series by Guardian Australia, David Marr investigates a centuries-long story of faith, money, power and abuse
November 2017
The Guardian Essential report
There are lessons to learn from a decade of political instability
Peter Lewis
The last 10 years have seen five changes of prime ministers, all but one outside the electoral process. How can we get decisive leadership and less drama?
October 2017
Kevin Rudd's memoir highlights 'brutal nature of Australian politics'
Former prime minister writes about soured relationship with Julia Gillard and how they plotted Kim Beazley’s downfall
August 2017
Katharine Murphy on politics
Turnbull shrivels in the spotlight as mass panic grips dead government walking
Katharine Murphy
The Coalition’s desperate response to this week’s constitutional chaos made it a public laughing stock – and governments generally don’t survive that
July 2017
No hands, ma'am: Australian prime ministers meet the Queen – in pictures
After Malcolm Turnbull’s audience with the monarch in London this week, we look back at her interactions with Australian leaders over the years
How Australia bungled climate policy to create a decade of disappointment
Unlike the UK, Australia has never had climate consensus – and it has been costly, argues Labor frontbencher Mark Butler in an extract from his book, Climate Wars
Julia Gillard urges caution when discussing Donald Trump's mental health – video
Julia Gillard reflects on Trump's mental health and her own anxiety when prime minister
The gap in the G20 agenda (and why world leaders should listen to Rihanna)
Julia Gillard
June 2017
It’s a downward spiral when politicians and the media fail their true purpose
Lenore Taylor
Labor realised in 2013 that it had squandered the full opportunities to exercise power in government; soon it could be the Liberals’ turn
