Julia Gillard
Julia Gillard
Julia Eileen Gillardis a former Australian politician who served as the 27th Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013, as leader of the Australian Labor Party. She previously served as the 13th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, and held the cabinet positions of Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for Social Inclusion from 2007 to 2010. She was the first and to date only woman to hold the positions of deputy prime minister, prime...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth29 September 1961
CountryAustralia
All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.
There are some things that can't be measured.
Those of you who have spent time with Australians know that we are not given to overstatement. By nature we are laconic speakers and by conviction we are realistic thinkers.
Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people.
I don't rule out the possibility of legislating a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, a market-based mechanism,
In politics there's never a magic wand.
The cartoon absolutely captures something that acres and acres of copy can't. And even photographs can't.
Australians can trust me to get the job done. They can have the confidence that in the heart of the circumstances I will win through in their interests no matter how relentlessly negative the leader of the opposition is.
Try harder every day to be better than the day before.
So in many ways for me, having lived through what I've lived through, and endured what I've endured, I've got more confidence that I can do the next bit - and there's something sustaining about that.
In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.
There will be no carbon tax under the government I lead.
I know reform is never easy. But I know reform is right.
I'm on the record as saying things like I think it's important for people to understand their Bible stories, not because I'm an advocate of religion - clearly, I'm not - but once again, what comes from the Bible has formed such an important part of our culture.