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
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.
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.
My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.
I know people are looking at what's happening in Washington and then they also look at events in Europe, in Greece and Portugal and other places and worry about that.
These increases, in dollar terms, wipe out the contribution of the government's rebate, even at the higher levels now provided for older Australians.
These increases, in dollar terms, wipe out the contribution of the Government's (30 per cent) rebate.
Through hard work and education, we can deliver a strong economy and opportunity for all.