Julia Gillard

Accounts in the media over the past week explain, or rather rationalise, the downfall of our first female Prime Minister.

When we discuss gender in politics we focus a lot on women.

In a promotional video for the final broadcast of Tom & Alex’s breakfast show on Triple J for 2012, the Prime Minister addresses predictions that foresee imminent destruction of the universe.

From Julia Gillard’s “misogyny” speech to Margie Abbott’s media blitz on behalf of her husband and US congressmen attempting to rewrite biology and take claim over women’s bodies, it’s been an extraordinary year for memorable sound bites concerning women, gender issues and the conversation about work, life and balance.

Tony Abbott is set to become Australia’s next Prime Minister after leading the Coalition to a resounding victory at the ballot box.

Over the weekend The Guardian seized a sizeable scoop and published an essay written by the former prime minister Julia Gillard.

It’s become the hobby du jour in Leftie ghettoes to hate on Sophie Mirabella as she struggles to hold her seat.

When Julia Gillard made her farewell speech on the night of 26 June this year and declared she was “absolutely confident it would be easier for the next woman (Prime Minister) and the woman after that and the woman after that”, I simply wasn’t convinced.

News that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s front bench is set to contain a record number of women is welcome news.

Three years and three days ago I spent a thrilling night on twitter following talk of a leadership spill.

Given Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s body parts have become a legitimate source of national conversation, it was only a matter of time before a ‘Convoy of Cleaveage’ was launched in a bid to strike back.

Women’s Agenda sister publication Crikey has crunched the numbers to see what a Kevin Rudd caretaker cabinet would look like should a leadership change occur next week.