Speeches : Julia Gillard’s Speech to The Austrailian Parliament

Question 1

Julia Gillard : Speech to the Australian Parliament

Answer 1

• part of ‘No Confidence motion’ to remove Peter Slipper as speaker due to crude and sexist texts sent to his aide
• served as 13th deputy PM of Australia 2007-2010
• first and only woman to hold office in Australian history
• Australian Labour Party
• 8th October 2012
• born: 29th September 1961 (61 years old)

Question 2

Julia Gillard

Answer 2

• 24th June 2010 she became Australia’s 27th PM and the first woman to hold office
• she was Deputy PM in Kevin Rudd’s labour government 2007-2010
• she was Minister for employment and workplace relations, education and social inclusion
• defeated in leadership ballot by Rudd on 26th June 2013
• he was sworn in as PM the following day (27th June)
• she retired from politics on 5th August 2013