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
We of course remember the days when the leader of the house was the bovver boy, stand over man of Australian politics, now he's just pathetic and this is just a pathetic resolution moved to try and guillotine this debate through this House from a minister who only yesterday ... was complaining about debate being guillotined.
He will always know as we know now that in the heat of battle he did not fail when mateship and duty called.
Over the Christmas period, I spent time with both Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, and you listen to stories and tales of how hard it can be when it's really hard, and I think we easily all talk ourselves into the proposition that it's never been as hard as this. Well it's been hard in the past. It's been really hard. So you keep doing it and, the more you do it, the more you gain strength and confidence that you can do it.
One of my prized possessions is still the prefect's tie that I got in this school. I keep it with me. It was the first leadership position I ever had.
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.
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.
It will amount to an effective ban because no manufacturer or importer will take a step down that path.
There is some merit in some of the things Barry says,
I did hear the rumour and it was completely untrue,
It seems the minister for health is happy to talk about the role of nurses when it suits him but has failed to take the profession of nursing seriously.
It seems that the Howard Government is getting ready to roll over on some important PBS protections that will leave Australians worse off and make their essential medicines even more costly.
It saddens me greatly to see Mark's loss of faith in the power of politics to make change for the better. It saddens me even more to see Mark's loss of faith in the Labor Party,
America has always understood this principle of the economy - that everyone can benefit when everyone competes.
I note that Tony Abbott was dreadfully critical of GPs during the RU-486 debate, and I am concerned that anti-GP attitude has continued in this package.