News & Views A timeline of Australia’s first female Prime Minister When Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female prime minister in 2010 it seemed as though the country had smashed through the ultimate glass ceiling.
News & Views ‘It will be easier for the next woman’: Gillard’s farewell speech Julia GIllard’s farewell speech saw her outline her outline the key policy achievements she is most proud of, address what it meant to be Australia’s first female prime minister, and congratulate Kevin Rudd on winning the leadership.
News & Views How Kevin Rudd will continue campaign for the female vote Labor women’s group EMILY’s List will double down in its bid to hold on to the female vote after the dumping of Julia Gillard, as Labor strategists look to cover all bases to steal victory from under Tony Abbott’s nose on election day.
News & Views Julia Gillard on shifting the focus from the way women look Ahead of her highly anticipated public conversations with Anne Summers, scheduled for early next week, Julia Gillard have given two video interviews for the first time since she departed the office of prime minister in June.
News & Views Julia Gillard’s message to young women: The benefits of a political career outweigh the burdens As Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese had their final face off in the battle to lead Labor out of the Rudd-Gillard era, the former PM received a rapturous response tonight from a 2600-strong audience at Sydney’s Opera House.
News & Views What Julia Gillard said She walked onstage to Aretha Franklin’s Respect and received a rock-star welcome as she joined author Anne Summers on the Opera House stage.
News & Views Why Tanya Plibersek might be Australia’s second female Prime Minister Bill Shorten says she represents the “Australian story”.
