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
June 2024
Unfriendly fire: famous fights and sledges between Australian politicians supposedly on the same side
Feminist economics
Julia Gillard says progress on gender equality is ‘really glacial’
March 2024
Julia Gillard enters Dunkley byelection campaign as Labor and Liberals brace for close result
Exclusive: The former PM has been enlisted to front a social media campaign to help Labor hold the Victorian seat
December 2023
Sliding doors: cabinet papers reveal how close Coalition came to endorsing emissions trading in 2003
The Howard government drafted a statement declaring its support for an emissions trading scheme before abruptly changing course
October 2023
Former PMs pour cold water on claims Anthony Pratt told them Trump’s US submarine secrets
A US news report claimed Donald Trump discussed secret US naval capabilities with the billionaire Australian businessman
April 2023
Julia review – new play about Julia Gillard misses an opportunity
Justine Clarke is electrifying delivering the former PM’s misogyny speech, but the work fails to reckon with the complexities of her legacy
March 2023
Julia Gillard play starring Justine Clarke debuts in Canberra: ‘It’s an incredible speech to perform’
The actor and Play School star hopes to redefine our image of the former prime minister, in a work that imagines the lead-up to her famous misogyny speech, 10 years after it happened
November 2022
The NDIS has transformed my life – and the last thing we need is media hysteria about its cost
Elly Desmarchelier
The national conversation on the NDIS has been dominated by able-bodied commentators declaring the scheme’s cost ‘a blowout’
October 2022
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Why Julia Gillard's misogyny speech still resonates a decade later – video
The weekly beast
Sky News’ Chris Kenny fails to read fine print over Facebook’s IPA ‘censorship’
Amanda Meade
Australian arts in focus
Julia Gillard: one-woman play starring Play School’s Justine Clarke to debut in 2023
Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech has empowered me – to speak up about her government’s shortcomings
Margaret Ambrose
September 2022
‘I will not’: how Julia Gillard’s words of white-hot anger reverberated around the world
Ten years on from the misogyny speech, Katharine Murphy reflects on how it was framed at the time – and what has been gained since
Australia news live
Labor MP claims rate decisions based on ‘outdated and outmoded data’ – as it happened
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Julia Gillard says Australia will ultimately become republic after death of Queen Elizabeth II
Former PM endorses Anthony Albanese’s view to wait on debate, saying ‘no rush’ on moving away from British head of state
June 2022
Julia Gillard says Covid-led shift to remote working could render some female employees ‘invisible’
Former PM joins panel discussion of pandemic’s effect on workplace gender equality and urges bosses not to overlook women
May 2022
The Guardian Essential report
Anthony Albanese’s government must learn from Labor’s last breakup with electoral power
Peter Lewis
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Julia Gillard campaigns for Labor ahead of the federal election: 'A government for women' – video
Julia Gillard makes rare appearance to back Katy Gallagher as Labor fears David Pocock upset
Datablog
Will a hung parliament lead to ‘chaos’? What a Gillard v Morrison comparison reveals
