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'{{current event}} {{pp-pending|reason=There is still inordinate IP edits being made without sourcing and/or consensus|expiry=June 25, 2010|small=yes}} {{Infobox Officeholder |honorific-prefix = <small>[[The Honourable]]</small><br> |name = Julia Gillard |honorific-suffix = <br><small>[[Member of Parliament#Australia|MP]]</small> |image = Gillardjulie1-03-054.jpg |office = [[List of Prime Ministers of Australia|27th]] [[Prime Minister of Australia]] |deputy = [[Wayne Swan]] |term_start = 24 June 2010 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Kevin Rudd]] |successor = |office2 = Leader of the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] |deputy2 = [[Wayne Swan]] |term_start2 = 24 June 2010 |term_end2 = |predecessor2 = [[Kevin Rudd]] |successor2 = |office3 = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia]] |primeminister3 = [[Kevin Rudd]] |term_start3 = 3 December 2007 |term_end3 = 24 June 2010 |predecessor3 = [[Mark Vaile]] |successor3 = [[Wayne Swan]] |constituency_MP4 = [[Division of Lalor|Lalor]] |parliament4 = Australian |term_start4 = 3 October 1998 |term_end4 = |predecessor4 = [[Barry Jones (Australian politician)|Barry Jones]] |successor4 = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|9|29|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]], United Kingdom |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] |residence = [[Altona, Victoria]]<ref>{{cite web |title = Forget Canberra, Altona has become the new heart of the nation |date=2 January 2008 |url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/01/01/1198949817052.html |accessdate = 5 October 2008}}</ref> |alma_mater = [[University of Melbourne]]<br>[[University of Adelaide]] }} '''Julia Eileen Gillard''' (born 29 September 1961 in [[Barry, Wales]]) is the [[Prime Minister of Australia]], and is the first female to hold that office. She was sworn in as Australia's 27th Prime Minister on 24 June 2010. On 11 December 2007<ref name="radioaustralia.net.au">{{cite web|url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s2114961.htm |title=Radio Australia – News – Julia Gillard becomes Australia's first female acting PM |publisher=Radioaustralia.net.au |date=2009-07-17 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref> she became the first woman in Australia's history to assume the prime ministerial role, when she acted as prime minister while [[Kevin Rudd]] attended the [[2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference|United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in [[Bali]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gillard becomes acting leader |date=11 December 2007 |url=http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5g9CrGsIes9HZHqbrGaeNVOKFlvSQ |accessdate=13 December 2007}}</ref> She is also the [[Minister for Education (Australia)|Minister for Education]], the [[Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)|Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations]] and the [[Minister for Social Inclusion (Australia)|Minister for Social Inclusion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alp.org.au/media/1107/mspme290.php |title=Australian Labor Party: A Ministry to Meet Australia's Future Challenges |publisher=Alp.org.au |date= |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref> Gillard was elected unopposed as Leader of the [[Australian Labor Party]] at a [[Australian Labor Party leadership election, 2010|special caucus meeting on 24 June 2010]], making her the first female leader of the party and the first female Australian Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australia-times.com.au/national/article.php?id=7377 |title=Julia Gillard is the new Prime Minister |publisher=Australia Times |date=2010-06-24 |accessdate=2010-06-24}}</ref> She is also the first foreign-born Prime Minister since [[Billy Hughes]], who led from 1915 to 1923.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/labor-leadership-ballot/story-e6frgczf-1225883589139 Julia Gillard 'honoured' to become prime minister as Kevin Rudd stands aside]</ref><ref>[http://www.switzer.com.au/business-news/news-stories/julia-gillard-meet-australias-first-female-pm/ Julia Gillard – meet Australia’s first female PM ]</ref><ref>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/database/2010-06/24/c_13366573.htm Backgrounder: Julia Gillard, first female PM in Australia]</ref> Gillard has been an ALP member of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] since the [[Australian federal election, 1998|1998 federal election]]. She represents the [[Division of Lalor]] in Victoria. ==Early life== Gillard was born in [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan]], Wales in 1961.<ref name="Biog"/> Her father was a [[coal miner]] in Wales, and she has a sister, Alison, who is three years older;<ref name=AusStory/> [[Nye Bevan]] remains one of her political heroes.<ref name=farmonline1867160/> After Julia suffered from [[bronchopneumonia]] as a child, her parents were advised it would aid her recovery to live in a warmer climate.<ref name=AusStory>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1585300.htm|title=Australia Story - Julia Gillard Interview Transcript|publisher=abc.net.au|date=2006-03-06|accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref> The family chose to migrate to Australia in 1966, settling in [[Adelaide]].<ref name=counterpoint>{{Cite episode |title=Julia Gillard in Person |series=Counterpoint |serieslink=Counterpoint (Radio National) |credits= |network=[[Radio National]]|airdate=20 September 2004 |transcript=yes |transcripturl=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2004/1203667.htm |quote=}}</ref> Her father trained as a [[psychiatric nurse]], while her mother worked at the local [[Salvation Army]] [[Old People's Home]].<ref name=AusStory/> Gillard and her sister attended [[Mitcham Demonstration School]], and then graduated from [[Unley High School]] in 1978.<ref name=abc_news_20061214>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/12/14/1811877.htm |title=Gillard addresses students at former high school |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2006-12-14 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref> She then attended the [[University of Adelaide]], and on graduation moved to [[Melbourne]] to work with the [[Australian Union of Students|Australian Union of Students (AUS)]].<ref name=AusStory/> In 1987 she graduated from the [[University of Melbourne]] with a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree and with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1990.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Isner&diff=prev&oldid=369832235</ref> In 1987 she joined left-leaning law firm [[Slater & Gordon]] at [[Werribee, Victoria|Werribee]], working in the area of [[industrial law]].<ref name= "Book review of Gillard Biography">{{cite web | title = The Other Biography: Jacueline Kent's "The Making of Julia Gillard" by Christine Wallace | work = [[The Monthly]] | publisher = Schwartz Publishing | date = October 2009 | url = http://www.themonthly.com.au/books-christine-wallace-other-biography-jacqueline-kent039s-quotthe-making-julia-gillardquot-2015?page=0%2C0 | accessdate = 19 October 2009}}</ref> In 1990 at the age of 29, she was admitted as one of their first female partners.<ref name=farmonline1867160>{{cite web|url=http://fw.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/agribusiness-and-general/political/focus-and-ambition-drive-gillards-success/1867160.aspx|title=Focus and ambition drive Gillard's success|author=Mark Davis|publisher=farmonline.com.au|date=2010-06-24|accessdate=2010-06-24}}</ref> In a 2007 interview, Gillard stated: “I used to think I wanted to be a school teacher. There was an English teacher at Mitcham Primary [in Adelaide], who was a real stickler for standards and grammar and punctuation but who was also very kindly. I thought teachers were good; I thought it would be a rewarding job, seeing the eyes of young people light up with new information. I got talked out of that ambition for good or for ill by a school friend’s mother, who said, ‘No, you’re really good at arguing and debating, you should try law.’ If I hadn’t been pre-selected for the seat of Lalor and run successfully in the 1998 election, I’d probably still be somewhere in and around the law; public sector law perhaps. Maybe giving tutorials, trying to pound law into other people’s heads.” <ref>http://www.stevedow.com.au/default.aspx?id=281</ref> ==Political provenance== Introduced to politics in her second year at the University of Adelaide by the daughter of a state Labor official, she joined the Labour Club and became involved in a campaign to fight state education budget cuts.<ref name=AusStory/> Moving to Melbourne, in 1983, Gillard became the second woman to lead the [[Australian Union of Students]].<ref>{{cite web|author=EXCLUSIVE: Andrea Mayes |url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,22227525-2761,00.html |title=Julie Bishop and Julia Gillard clash &#124; Perth Now |publisher=News.com.au |date=2007-08-10 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref> Gillard was also formerly the secretary of the [[left wing|left-wing]] organisation, Socialist Forum.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22544981-421,00.html Julia Gillard's history as a radical student activist | NEWS.com.au]{{dead link|date=June 2010}}</ref> As an active member of the Socialist Forum, she lobbied for the scrapping of the [[ANZUS]] treaty, making [[Leningrad]] a sister city of Melbourne, and introducing a super-tax on the rich.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lincoln Wright |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/will-julias-past-cause-red-faces/story-e6frf7l6-1111114587478 |title=Will Julia Gillard's past cause red faces? |publisher=heraldsun.com.au |date=2007-10-07 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref> From 1996 to 1998, Gillard served as Chief-of-Staff to Victorian Opposition Leader, [[John Brumby]].<ref name="Biog">{{cite web | title = Ms Julia Gillard MP, Member for Labor (Vic) | publisher = [[Australian House of Representatives]] | url = http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=83L | accessdate = 18 May 2007}}</ref> She was responsible for drafting the [[affirmative action]] rules within the Labor Party in Victoria, setting the target of women being preselected in 35 percent of winnable seats within a decade. She also played a role in the foundation of [[EMILY's List Australia|EMILY's List]], the pro-choice fund-raising and support network for Labor women. ==Opposition Member== Gillard was elected as Member for [[Division of Lalor|Lalor]] in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] at the [[Australian federal election, 1998|1998 election]]. She made her first speech to the house on 11 November 1998.<ref name='APH19981111_GillardFirstSpeech'>{{cite web | title = Ms Julia Gillard MP, Member for Labor (Vic), First Speech To Parliament | publisher = [[Australian House of Representatives]] |date=11 November 1998 | url =http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/firstspeech.asp?id=83L | accessdate = 18 May 2007}}</ref> ===Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration (2001–03)=== After Labor's defeat at the [[Australian federal election, 2001|2001 election]], Gillard was elected to the Shadow Cabinet with the portfolio of Population and Immigration. In February 2003 she was given the additional portfolios of Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs. In the wake of the [[Tampa affair|Tampa]] and [[Children Overboard Affair|Children Overboard]] affairs, which were partly credited with Labor's 2001 election loss, Gillard developed a new immigration policy for the Labor Party. ===Shadow Minister for Health (2003–06)=== Gillard was promoted to the position of Shadow Health Minister in July 2003. Shortly after this the government moved the then Workplace Relations Minister, [[Tony Abbott]], into the health portfolio. The rivalry between Abbott and Gillard often attracted attention from the media. Additionally, she gained responsibility for managing opposition business in the House of Representatives. In the aftermath of the Labor loss at the [[Australian federal election, 2004|October 2004 election]], it was speculated that Gillard might challenge [[Jenny Macklin]] for the deputy leadership, but she did not do so. Gillard has been touted as a potential future leader of the party for some years but, until 2005, she stayed out of leadership contests. After [[Mark Latham]] resigned as leader in January 2005, however, she emerged as a possible successor along with [[Kim Beazley]] and [[Kevin Rudd]]. After appearing on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]'s [[Australian Story]] program in March 2006,<ref name='ABC20060306_GillardInterview'>{{cite web | title = Julia Gillard Interview Transcript | work =[[Australian Story]] | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date = 6 March 2006 | url = http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1585300.htm | accessdate = 18 May 2007}} </ref><ref name='ABC20060306_GillardDiaries'>{{cite web | title = The Gillard Diaries | work =[[Australian Story]] | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date = 6 March 2006 | url = http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1586140.htm | accessdate = 4 September 2007}}</ref> an Ipsos Mackay poll in April 2006, conducted for the [[Ten Network]]'s ''[[Meet the Press]]'' program, found that respondents would prefer Gillard to be Labor leader. She polled 32% compared to Beazley's 25% and Kevin Rudd's 18%.<ref name='TheAge20060412_LeaderPoll'>{{cite web | title = Julia Gillard preferred ALP leader: poll | publisher = [[The Age]] | date= 2 April 2006 | url =http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Julia-Gillard-preferred-ALP-leader-poll/2006/04/02/1143916403791.html | accessdate = 18 May 2007}}</ref> Although she had significant cross-factional support, she announced on 25 January 2005 that she would not be contesting the leadership, allowing Beazley to be elected unopposed. ===Deputy Leader of the Opposition=== [[Image:Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.JPG|thumb|Julia Gillard at her first press conference as Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party, 4 December 2006, with new Leader [[Kevin Rudd]]]] On 1 December 2006, in a cross factional political partnership with [[Kevin Rudd]], Gillard launched a challenge for the deputy leadership of the ALP. Once Rudd was elected as leader, the incumbent deputy leader and Kim Beazley's deputy, [[Jenny Macklin]], did not contest the contest and on 4 December 2006 she was elected unopposed. In the frontbench reshuffle following the leadership change, Gillard was elected to take the Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio. ==Deputy Prime Minister of Australia== The Labor Party won the [[Australian federal election, 2007|2007 federal election]] and, on 3 December 2007, Gillard was sworn in as [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia]]. In addition to the deputy prime ministership, Gillard was given responsibility for a so-called "super ministry", the [[Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations]]. She has three distinct portfolios: Minister for Education; Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations; and Minister for Social Inclusion. In her role as Minister for Education, Gillard travelled to [[Washington, D.C.]] where she signed a deal with the [[United States Secretary of Education]], [[Arne Duncan]], to nurture improved policy collaboration in education reform between both countries.<ref>{{ cite news |title=Ms Gillard Goes to Washington |url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/ms-gillard-goes-to-washington-20091016-h0wx.html |publisher=Fairfax |work=[[The Age]] |date=19 October 2009 |accessdate=19 October 2009}}</ref> On 11 December 2007<ref name="radioaustralia.net.au"/> she became the first woman in Australia's history to be in the prime ministerial role, by assuming the role of acting prime minister while [[Kevin Rudd]] attended the [[2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference|United Nations Climate Change Conference]] in [[Bali]]. In the first year of government, she served as acting prime minister for 69 days<ref>{{cite web|author=Brad Norington |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24695550-5014046,00.html |title=Business as usual for Gillard the caretaker |publisher=Theaustralian.news.com.au |date=2008-11-24 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref> during Rudd's overseas travel engagements. Gillard is a highly regarded debater and her performances during parliamentary question time have prompted [[Peter van Onselen]] to call her "the best parliamentary performer on the Labor side".<ref>{{cite web|author=OPINION: Peter van Onselen |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25183155-7583,00.html |title=Shorten pathway to a Gillard future |publisher=Theaustralian.news.com.au |date=2009-03-14 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref> ==Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations== Gillard removed the [[WorkChoices]] industrial relations regime introduced by the [[Howard government]], and replaced it with the ''Fair Work Bill''<ref>{{cite web|last=Viellaris |first=Renee |url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25215771-952,00.html |title=WorkChoices finally dead: Julia Gillard |publisher=News.com.au |date=2009-03-20 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref>. This established a single industrial relations bureaucracy called [[Fair Work Australia]].<ref name="TheAge_Promises">{{ cite news |title=PM promises not to extend Work Choices |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Fielding-noncommittal-on-ALPs-IR-plan/2007/10/15/1192300644672.html |publisher=Fairfax |work=[[The Age]] |date=15 October 2007 |accessdate=13 November 2007}}</ref> In 2009 Gillard oversaw the government's "[[Building the Education Revolution]]" program, which allocated [[Australian dollar|AU$]]16 billion to build new school accommodation including classrooms, libraries and assembly halls.<ref>{{cite web|author=Natasha Bita |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/grant-to-trail-girl-to-next-school/story-e6frg6oo-1225771290406 |title=Grant to trail girl to next school |publisher=The Australian |date=2009-09-10 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Natasha Bita |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/julia-gillard-to-reclaim-school-payouts/story-e6frg6oo-1225789767523 |title=Julia Gillard to reclaim school payouts |publisher=The Australian |date=2009-10-22 |accessdate=2010-06-23}}</ref> ==Personal life== Gillard's partner is Tim Mathieson, a hairdresser. She does not have any children.<ref name="Childless">{{cite web | title = Gillard defends childlessness | publisher = The Australian |date=17 January 2007 | url = http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21072127-2702,00.html | accessdate = 31 August 2007}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Rudd Ministry]] ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== {{Commons|Julia Gillard}} * [http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=83L Official Federal HOR webpages for Julia Gillard] * [http://mediacentre.dewr.gov.au/mediacentre/MinisterGillard/ Official Federal Ministrial webpages for Julia Gillard] * [http://www.alp.org.au/people/vic/gillard_julia.php Official ALP webpages for Julia Gillard] * [http://www.dpm.gov.au/ The Hon Julia Gillard MP – Deputy Prime Minister] * [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Julia-Gillard/161674172327 Official Facebook page of Julia Gillard] *{{OpenAustralia}} {{s-start}} {{s-par|au}} {{s-bef|before=[[Barry Jones (Australian politician)|Barry Jones]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[Division of Lalor|Lalor]]|years=1998–present}} {{s-inc}} |- {{s-ppo}} {{s-bef|before=[[Jenny Macklin]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Deputy Leader of the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]]|years=2006–2010}} {{s-aft|after=[[Wayne Swan]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Kevin Rudd]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Leader of the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]]|years=2010–present}} {{s-inc}} |- {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Mark Vaile]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia]]|years=2007–2010}} {{s-aft|after=[[Wayne Swan]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Joe Hockey]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations (Australia)|Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations]]|years=2007–2010}} {{s-aft|rows=3|after=TBD}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Julie Bishop]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Minister for Education (Australia)|Minister for Education]]|years=2007–2010}} |- {{s-new|office}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Minister for Social Inclusion (Australia)|Minister for Social Inclusion]]|years=2007–2010}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Kevin Rudd]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Prime Minister of Australia]]|years=2010–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{Prime Ministers of Australia}} {{Leaders of the Australian Labor Party}} {{Current Australian Cabinet}} {{Current Victoria Representatives}} {{Current G20 Leaders}} {{Current APEC Leaders}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillard, Julia}} {{use dmy dates}} [[Category:1961 births]] [[Category:Australian Labor Party politicians]] [[Category:Australians of Welsh descent]] [[Category:Current national leaders]] [[Category:Government ministers of Australia]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives]] [[Category:Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Lalor]] [[Category:Members of the Cabinet of Australia]] [[Category:People from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Australia]] [[Category:University of Adelaide alumni]] [[Category:University of Melbourne alumni]] [[Category:Welsh immigrants to Australia]] [[Category:Women members of the Australian House of Representatives]] [[cs:Julia Gillardová]] [[cy:Julia Gillard]] [[de:Julia Gillard]] [[et:Julia Gillard]] [[fr:Julia Gillard]] [[id:Julia Gillard]] [[ko:줄리아 길라드]] [[mr:ज्युलिया जिलार्ड]] [[ms:Julia Gillard]] [[nl:Julia Gillard]] [[ja:ジュリア・ギラード]] [[no:Julia Gillard]] [[pl:Julia Gillard]] [[pt:Julia Gillard]] [[ru:Гиллард, Джулия]] [[fi:Julia Gillard]] [[vi:Julia Gillard]] [[wuu:Julia Gillard]] [[zh-yue:茱莉亞傑拉德]] [[zh:茱莉雅·吉拉德]]'