Julia Gillard ousted as Prime Minister After months of media speculation on strife within the Labor Party, Julia Gillard called for a leadership spill on Wednesday. A vote took place on Wednesday night and as a result, Kevin Rudd came to replace Gillard as leader of the Party and Prime Minister. Gillard has announced her…
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Julia Gillard is no longer Prime Minister of Australia after a Labor caucus vote Wednesday night ousted her to Kevin Rudd, 45-57 votes. Rudd claimed he reconsidered his refusal to run for leadership because Australian people felt they had no real options vote-wise at the upcoming election. Gillard’s had a satirical TV show air about…
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Three years ago, I was glued to the TV, night before an exam, watching the end of one Prime Ministership and the beginning of another. The uneasiness in my stomach turned into a sinkhole as I watched Rudd’s tearjerker farewell speech the next morning. I did not, and still do not, believe Gillard was part…
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Kevin Rudd has defeated Julia Gillard 57-45 in a dramatic Labor leadership ballot overnight. Rudd was sworn in as the 28th Prime Minister of Australia this morning. The result comes nearly three years exactly since Gillard replaced Rudd as PM in a leadership spill. Gillard has vowed to retire from politics and will not re-contest…
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Looking back at Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s now famous/infamous “Misogyny Speech” from last year, I am still filled with pride. Here was the Prime Minister of our country speaking up about issues that have, until recently, been swept back under the rug of our apparently post-feminist cultural milieu. Feminist issues have sometimes been understood to…
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On Tuesday, Julia Gillard launched ‘Women for Gillard’, a campaign aimed at reminding women of Labor’s – and the Coalition’s – record on women’s issues. It was partly inspired by a similar campaign that Obama ran in 2012. The Prime Minister raised a number of issues where she said she wouldn’t want to see women going…
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Yesterday a menu from a Liberal party function emerged that referenced the Prime Minister in an appallingly derogatory way, dispelling any doubt that Julia Gillard is the victim of sexist abuse. The menu offered diners the option of ‘Julia Gillard Kentucky Fried Quail – Small Breasts, Huge Thighs & A Big Red Box’. The menu…
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The Women for Gillard campaign will be launched on Tuesday as Prime Minister Julia Gillard attempts to reach out to female voters. The independent campaign arm is funded by the Labor party and is modelled on US President Obama’s highly successful Women for Obama operation. According to the Herald Sun, Women for Gillard will seek…
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Minor newsflash: babies need someone to stop work and take care of them when they arrive in the world. Question is, how best to let parents stop that career thing long enough to do this? Paid parental leave schemes have been a key issue in the lead up to the Federal election, in part because…
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For the majority of Australians in support of marriage equality, it kinda feels like everyone keeps. Beating. Us. And while many sit in wait for moments like this to become a part of Aussie history, it’s worth taking a look at where the major parties stand on the issue. Marriage equality is a two-pronged issue…
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Ita Buttrose says female PM is treated differently Australian of the Year Ita Buttrose said that Julia Gillard is treated differently because she is a woman at the National Press Club on Wednesday. The media trailblazer said it was unfair that Ms Gillard is criticised for her clothes and appearance. She also used the speech…
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When Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard admonished opposition leader Tony Abbott in Parliament question time to ‘reflect’ upon his own misogyny and sexism, she was holding out a mirror to a society still plagued by the patriarchal customs it was predicated on. A sigh of relief and exaltation was breathed by feminists across the nation,…
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A new chew toy for dogs has entered the market in Adelaide called the ‘Droolia Julia’ depicting a caricature of Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Since the inception of this toy, opinions about its tastefulness have been divisive. On the one hand, we can take it as a bit of harmless fun. We can take P…
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Despite 102 International Women’s Days, the sexual revolution, and countless contraceptives in a girl’s favour, heterosexual women are still vilified for their sexuality. On this year’s International Women’s Day, Julia Gillard addressed what she no doubt thought were the big issues in women’s rights today: violence, education, gender pay gaps and human trafficking. While the…
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