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'{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = <small>[[The Honourable]]</small><br> | name = Julia Gillard<br> | honorific-suffix = <small>[[Member of Parliament|MP]]</small> | image = Juliagillard-CROP.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 = 13th [[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]], [[Wales]], [[UK]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Australian Labor Party]] | residence = [[Altona, Victoria]]<ref name="Altona" /> | religion = None<ref name="DoesNotBelieveInGod" /><!--NOTE ON RELIGIOUS STATUS: It is settled and is not an issue. Please do not add to the article in this respect unless new evidence arises, and raise on the talk page first.--> | partner = [[Tim Mathieson]]<!-- this is referenced in the last section of article --> | alma_mater = | website = [http://www.pm.gov.au/ Prime Minister's website]<br />[http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=83L Parliamentary website]<br />[http://www.alp.org.au/labor-people/julia-gillard/79 ALP website] }} '''Julia Eileen Gillard''' (born 29 September 1961) is the [[List of Prime Ministers of Australia|27th]] and current [[Prime Minister of Australia]]. Born in [[Wales]], Gillard migrated to [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]] with her family as a child. She became involved in [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] student politics in Adelaide and then [[Melbourne]], and worked as an industrial lawyer with a law firm. After serving as [[Chief of Staff]] to [[Victorian]] opposition leader [[John Brumby]], she was elected Member for [[Division of Lalor|Lalor]] in the [[House of Representatives]] at the [[Australian federal election, 1998|1998 election]]. After Labor was defeated in the [[Australian federal election, 2001|2001 election]], Gillard was elected to the [[Shadow Cabinet of Australia|shadow cabinet]] as Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration, with the portfolios of Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs added to her responsibilities in 2003. In July 2003 she was promoted to Shadow Health Minister, and in December 2006, after forming a cross-factional partnership with [[Kevin Rudd]] that saw him elected to [[List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition|Leader of the Opposition]], Gillard was elected Deputy Leader of the Opposition.<ref name="Biog">{{cite web|title=The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Member for Lalor (Vic)|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=83L|publisher=[[Australian House of Representatives]]|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> Gillard became the [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia|Deputy Prime Minister]] following Labor's victory in the [[Australian federal election, 2007|2007 federal election]], also serving as Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. On 24 June 2010, after Kevin Rudd stood aside, Gillard became federal leader of the Australian Labor Party and thus the Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s2935655.htm |title=Gillard becomes first female PM: ABC News 24 June 2007 |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2010-06-24 |accessdate=2010-07-07}}</ref> She is the first female Prime Minister of Australia and the first never to have married.<ref name="wait">{{cite news|first=Stephen|last=Lunn|title=Let's wait and see on marriage, says Julia Gillard's partner|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/lets-wait-and-see-on-marriage-says-julia-gillards-partner/story-fn5vfgwx-1225884011977|newspaper=[[The Australian]] | publisher = News Limited |date=25 June 2010|accessdate=25 June 2010}}</ref> Gillard announced on 17 July 2010 that the [[Australian federal election, 2010|next federal election]] would be held on 21 August 2010.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/national/gillard-seeks-mandate-to-take-australia-forward-20100717-10er7.html Gillard seeks mandate to take Australia forward: SMH 17 July 2010]</ref> == Early life == Gillard was born in 1961 in [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan]], Wales.<ref name="Biog"/> [[Aneurin Bevan|Nye Bevan]] remains one of her political heroes.<ref name="Davis 24 June 2010">{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Davis|title=Focus and ambition drive her success|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/focus-and-ambition-drive-her-success-20100624-yzgi.html|newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=24 June 2010|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> After suffering from [[bronchopneumonia]] as a child, her parents were advised it would aid her recovery to live in a warmer climate.<ref name="AusStory" /> 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)|network=[[Radio National]]|airdate=20 September 2004|transcript=yes|transcripturl=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2004/1203667.htm}}</ref> Her parents, John and Moira, live in [[Pasadena, South Australia|Pasadena]], South Australia.<ref>{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=Wills|title=Julia Gillard's parents 'elated' |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/julia-gillards-parents-elated/story-e6freuy9-1225883750188|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Australia)|Daily Telegraph]] | publisher = News Limited |date=24 June 2010|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> She has a sister, Alison, who is three years older.<ref name="AusStory">{{cite web|title=Australia Story&nbsp;– Julia Gillard Interview Transcript|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1585300.htm|publisher=[[ABC Television]]|date=6 March 2006|accessdate=23 June 2010}}</ref> Gillard's father worked as a psychiatric nurse, while her mother worked at the local [[Salvation Army]] nursing home.<ref name="AusStory" /> She and her sister attended [[Mitcham, South Australia|Mitcham]] Demonstration School, and Julia went on to attend [[Unley High School]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gillard addresses students at former high school|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/12/14/1811877.htm|newspaper=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=14 December 2006|accessdate=23 June 2010}}</ref> She then studied at the [[University of Adelaide]] but cut short her courses in 1982 and moved to Melbourne to work with the [[Australian Union of Students]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Margaret|last=Simons|title=Room at the top on the campus|url=http://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=1YUQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=z5QDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3459,193745&dq=julia-gillard&hl=en|newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=16 February 1983|accessdate=25 June 2010}}</ref> She graduated from the [[University of Melbourne]] with [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Bachelor of Laws]] degrees in 1986.<ref>{{cite web |title=Julia Gillard |url=http://history.law.unimelb.edu.au/go/people/politicians/julia-gillard/index.cfm | work = History of the Melbourne Law School |publisher = University of Melbourne |date=24 June 2010 | accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> In 1987, Gillard joined the law firm [[Slater & Gordon]] at [[Werribee, Victoria|Werribee]], Melbourne, working in [[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 a [[Partner (business rank)|partner]].<ref name="Davis 24 June 2010" /> == Political provenance == Introduced to politics in her second year at the University of Adelaide by the daughter of a State Labor Minister, she joined the Labor Club and became involved in a campaign to fight federal education budget cuts.<ref name="AusStory" /><ref name="counterpoint"/> After moving to Melbourne, in 1983 Gillard became the second woman to lead the [[Australian Union of Students]]. Gillard was also formerly the secretary of the left-wing organisation, Socialist Forum.<ref>{{cite news|first=Lincoln|last=Wright|title=Will Julia Gillard's past cause red faces?|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/will-julias-past-cause-red-faces/story-e6frf7l6-1111114587478|newspaper=[[Sunday Herald Sun]] | publisher = News Limited |date=7 August 2007|accessdate=23 June 2010}}</ref> From 1996 to 1998, Gillard served as Chief of Staff to [[John Brumby]], at that time the Victorian opposition leader.<ref name="Biog" /> She was responsible for drafting the [[affirmative action]] rules within the Labor Party in Victoria that set the target of preselecting women for 35 per cent of 'winnable seats'.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gillard |first=Julia |title=Personal Perspectives on Parliament Lower House: Lower House |work=One Hundred Years of Women's Suffrage in Australia, Centenary Issue |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |year=2003 |url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/pubs/pops/pop41/gillard.pdf |pages=34–36 |accessdate=29 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/counterpoint/stories/2004/1203667.htm |title='Counterpoint' – ABC Radio National – 'Julia Gillard in Person' (20 September 2004) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2004-09-20 |accessdate=2010-07-07}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Anne_Summers_250610">{{cite news|last=Summers|first=Anne|title=Historic moment, but barriers remain for half the population|url=http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/historic-moment-but-barriers-remain-for-half-the-population-20100624-z3bp.html|accessdate=26 June 2010|newspaper=The Age |publisher=Fairfax |date=25 June 2010}}</ref> == 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]], replacing [[Barry Jones (Australian politician)|Barry Jones]], who had retired. She made her first speech to the house on 11&nbsp;November 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ms Julia Gillard MP, Member for Labor (Vic), First speech to Parliament|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/firstspeech.asp?id=83L|publisher=[[Australian House of Representatives]]|date=11 November 1998|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 of Australia|shadow cabinet]], with the portfolio of population and immigration. In February 2003, she was given the additional portfolios of reconciliation and Indigenous affairs.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crean names new team|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/politics/2003/02/item20030218083501_1.htm|newspaper=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=18 February 2003|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref name="autogenerated2004" /> === Shadow Minister for Health: 2003–06 === Gillard was promoted to the position of Shadow Health Minister in July 2003.<ref>{{cite news|first=Phillip|last=Hudson|title=ALP rising star for key health role|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/01/1056825394336.html|newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=2 July 2003|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> Shortly after this, the government moved Workplace Relations Minister [[Tony Abbott]] to the health portfolio.<ref>{{cite news|first=David|last=Wroe|title=Doctor groups hail promotion of 'head kicker'|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/29/1064819869888.html|newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=30 September 2003|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> The rivalry between Abbott and Gillard often attracted attention from the media. She gained additional responsibility for managing opposition business in the House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite news|first=Cynthia|last=Banham|title=Gillard's loyalty pays off|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/02/1070351584392.html|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=3 December 2003|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|first=Michelle|last=Grattan|title=Beazley no to Gillard as deputy|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Beazley-no-to-Gillard-as-deputy/2005/01/21/1106110948133.html|newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=22 January 2005|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> Gillard had been spoken of 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="AusStory" /><ref name="The Gillard Diaries">{{cite episode|title=The Gillard Diaries|series=Australian Story|serieslink=Australian Story|network=[[ABC1]]|airdate=6 March 2006|transcript=yes|transcripturl=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1586140.htm}}</ref> an Ipsos Mackay poll in April 2006, conducted for [[Network Ten]]'s ''[[Meet the Press (Australian TV program)|Meet the Press]]'' program, found that respondents would prefer Gillard to be Labor leader. She polled 32% compared with Beazley's 25% and Kevin Rudd's 18%.<ref>{{cite news|title=Julia Gillard preferred ALP leader: poll|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Julia-Gillard-preferred-ALP-leader-poll/2006/04/02/1143916403791.html|newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=2 April 2006|accessdate=18 May 2007}}</ref> Although she had significant cross-factional support, she announced on 25 January 2005 that she would not contest the leadership, allowing Beazley to be elected unopposed.<ref>{{cite news|first=Michelle|last=Grattan|title=Gillard tells Beazley to be a bold leader|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Gillard-tells-Beazley-to-be-a-bold-leader/2005/01/26/1106415664780.html|newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=27 January 2005|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> === Deputy leader of the opposition === [[File: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.<ref>{{cite news|first=Phillip|last=Hudson|author2=Coorey, Phillip|title=Rudd, Gillard confirm challenge|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/its-beazley-v-rudd/2006/12/01/1164777759776.html|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=1 December 2006|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> Once Rudd was elected as leader, the incumbent deputy leader and Kim Beazley's deputy, [[Jenny Macklin]], chose not to contest the position and on 4 December 2006 she was elected unopposed.<ref>{{cite news|first=Phillip|last=Coorey|title=We'll rebuild nation, says Rudd|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/well-rebuild-nation-says-rudd/2006/12/04/1165080877872.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=5 December 2006|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> In the frontbench reshuffle following the leadership change, Gillard was allocated the Employment, Workplace Relations and Social Inclusion portfolios.<ref>{{cite news|first=Michelle|last=Grattan|title=Plums for Rudd men in shadow reshuffle|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/plums-for-rudd-men-in-shadow-reshuffle/2006/12/10/1165685554688.html|newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=11 December 2006|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> == Deputy Prime Minister: 2007–10 == The Labor Party won the [[Australian federal election, 2007|2007 federal election]] and, on 3 December 2007, Gillard was sworn in as the first female [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Cosima|last=Marriner|title=Gillard reveals: it was the go-girl factor|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/gillard-reveals-it-was-the-gogirl-factor/2007/11/25/1195975870414.html|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=26 November 2007|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> 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 had 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, DC, where she signed a deal with the [[United States Secretary of Education|US Secretary of Education]], [[Arne Duncan]], to enourage improved policy collaboration in education reform between both countries.<ref>{{cite news|first=Dan|last=Harrison|title=Ms Gillard goes to Washington|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/ms-gillard-goes-to-washington-20091016-h0wx.html|newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=19 October 2009|accessdate=19 October 2009}}</ref> On 11 December 2007 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.<ref name="ABC 10 December 2007">{{cite news|first=Lindy|last=Kerin|title=Gillard makes Aust history as female acting PM|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/10/2114894.htm|newspaper=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=10 December 2007|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> In the first year of government, she served as acting prime minister for 69 days during Rudd's overseas travel engagements.<ref>{{cite news|first=Brad|last=Norington|title=Business as usual for Gillard the caretaker|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24695550-5014046,00.html|newspaper=[[The Australian]] | publisher = News Limited |date=24 November 2008|accessdate=23 June 2010}}</ref> 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 news|first=Peter|last=van Onselen|authorlink=Peter van Onselen|title=Shorten pathway to a Gillard future|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25183155-7583,00.html|newspaper=[[The Australian]] | publisher = News Limited |date=14 March 2009|accessdate=23 June 2010}}</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 news|first=Renee|last=Viellaris|title=WorkChoices finally dead: Julia Gillard|url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25215771-952,00.html|newspaper=[[The Australian]] | publisher = News Limited |date=20 March 2009|accessdate=23 June 2010}}</ref> This established a single industrial relations bureaucracy called [[Fair Work Australia]].<ref>{{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|newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=Fairfax |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&nbsp;billion to build new school accommodation including classrooms, libraries and assembly halls.<ref>{{cite news|first=Natasha|last=Bita|title=Grant to trail girl to next school|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/grant-to-trail-girl-to-next-school/story-e6frg6oo-1225771290406|newspaper=[[The Australian]] | publisher = News Limited |date=10 September 2009|accessdate=23 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Natasha|last=Bita|title=Julia Gillard to reclaim school payouts|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/julia-gillard-to-reclaim-school-payouts/story-e6frg6oo-1225789767523|newspaper=[[The Australian]] | publisher = News Limited |date=22 October 2009|accessdate=23 June 2010}}</ref> == Prime Minister == {{main|Gillard Government}} On 23 June 2010, after meetings throughout the evening between Gillard and Prime Minister [[Kevin Rudd]], as well as factional leaders, Rudd addressed the waiting media at 10:30&nbsp;pm [[Time in Australia|AEST]] and announced that Gillard had asked him to hold a [[Australian Labor Party leadership election, 2010|leadership ballot]] in the 115-member [[caucus]] the following day to determine the leadership of the Labor Party and hence the prime ministership of Australia.<ref>{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Harvey|title=Federal Labor MPs moving to axe Kevin Rudd and replace him with Julia Gillard|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/labor-considers-axing-rudd/story-e6frf7l6-1225883380388|newspaper=[[Herald Sun]] | publisher = News Limited |date=23 June 2010|accessdate=23 June 2010}}</ref> Rudd initially said he would challenge Gillard at the caucus. However, hours before the vote, he stood aside as leader when it became apparent that he did not have enough support to overcome Gillard. She thus won the election unopposed. At the same caucus meeting, [[Treasurer of Australia|Treasurer]] [[Wayne Swan]] was elected unopposed to succeed Gillard as Labor's deputy leader, and hence [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia|Deputy Prime Minister]].<ref name="theaustralian1" /> Shortly afterward, Gillard was sworn in as the 27th Prime Minister of Australia by the [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]], [[Quentin Bryce]], and Wayne Swan was sworn in as her deputy. Later that day, in her first press conference as Prime Minister, she said that at times the [[Rudd Government]] "went off the tracks", and "I came to the view that a good Government was losing its way".<ref>{{cite web|last=Farr |first=Malcolm |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/julia-gillard-is-australias-new-prime-minister/story-e6freuy9-1225883617249 |title='Julia Gillard is Australia's new Prime Minister' – Malcolm Farr, Alison Rehn, Steve Lewis and Simon Benson (24 June 2010) |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=2010-06-24 |accessdate=2010-07-07}}</ref> As well as being the first woman and the first who has never been married, it is the first time since the Prime Ministership of [[Billy Hughes]] (1915–1923) that a Prime Minister was born overseas.<ref name="theaustralian1">{{cite news|first=Christian|last=Kerr|author2=Franklin, Matthew|title=Julia Gillard 'honoured' to become prime minister as Kevin Rudd stands aside|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/labor-leadership-ballot/story-e6frgczf-1225883589139|newspaper=[[The Australian]] | publisher = News Limited |date=24 June 2010|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> In the aftermath of the leadership challenge, [[Bill Shorten]], former trade union leader, and key Parliamentary member of the ALP Right Faction, nominated the government's handling of the [[Energy Efficient Homes Package|insulation program]]; the sudden announcement of change of policy on the [[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]; and the way in which they had "introduced the debate" about the [[Resource Super Profits Tax]] as the key considerations which had led to a a shift in support from Kevin Rudd to Julia Gillard as leader of the party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/txt/s2933046.htm |title=The Gillard Coup &#124; Q&A &#124; ABC TV |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=2010-06-28 |accessdate=2010-07-12}}</ref> ===Afghan War=== During her first day as Prime Minister, she reassured President Obama, giving him Australia's continuing support for the [[War in Afghanistan (2001-present)|military campaign in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/gillards-fawning-over-obama-a-bad-start-on-diplomatic-front-20100629-zj3h.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> === Election 2010 === On July 17, Prime Minister Gillard called for an election to be held on August 21.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSYU01029220100717</ref> ==Domestic policies== ===Immigration=== Gillard has taken a tougher stance on asylum seekers, with plans of establishing a process centre to be possibly located in [[East Timor]].<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/13/2951683.htm</ref> Although East Timor's parliament has voted down the plan, East Timor's President [[Jose Ramos-Horta]], has said that he is open to the idea for a process centre. ===Education=== When she became Prime Minister, she gave her Education portfolio to [[Simon Crean]]. She has promised to “make education central to my economic agenda.”<ref>http://www.theage.com.au/national/gillard-mum-on-rudd-resignation-deal-20100715-10c1x.html?from=age_sb</ref> She has also made a promise if re-elected, she is offering to extend tax-cuts to parents to help pay for school uniforms to people struggling to cover the costs of education.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.news.com.au/national/back-to-school-julia-gillard-offers-uniforms-refund/story-e6frfkvr-1225891122959 | title=Back to school: Julia Gillard offers uniforms refund to parents | first=Lincoln | last=Archer | date=13 July 2010 | work=news.com.au}}</ref> == Political positions == Although nominally a member of the [[Socialist Left (Australia)#In Victoria|Victorian Left]] faction of the Labor Party,<ref name="MaresBookReviewOfGillardBiography">{{cite web |url=http://www.apo.org.au/commentary/making-julia-gillard |title=The Making of Julia Gillard |author=Peter Mares |date=7 December 2009 | publisher=Australian Policy Online}} (book review)</ref> her election to Prime Minister occurred because of support from the [[Labor Right|Right factions]] of the party, with the hard Left planning to support Rudd in the Caucus vote had there actually been one.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/gillard--becomes-australias-first-female-prime-minister-as-tearful-rudd-stands-aside-20100624-yzvw.html |title=Julia Gillard, Prime Minister After Labor Leadership Challenge |publisher=Smh.com.au |date= |accessdate=2010-07-07}}</ref> Analyses of Jacqueline Kent's 2009 biography of Gillard suggest that her membership in the Left faction is "more organisational than ideological".<ref name="Book review of Gillard Biography" /><ref name="MaresBookReviewOfGillardBiography" /> In July 2010, historian [[Ross Fitzgerald]] said, "... at least since last year Gillard has sought to reposition herself more towards the Labor Right."<ref>Fitzgerald, Ross. [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/say-werent-you-left-wing/story-e6frg6zo-1225887103691 "Say, weren't you left-wing? "], ''[[The Australian]]'', Sydney, 3 July 2010. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.</ref> On population policy, Gillard is against a "big Australia", as opposed to predecessor Kevin Rudd who was in favour of population growth.<ref name="peatling1">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/dont-hurtle-towards-a-big-australia-pm-20100626-zatl.html |title=Don't hurtle towards a big Australia: PM |first=Stephanie |last=Peatling |date=27 June 2010 |accessdate=27 June 2010 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax}}</ref> She emphasises the need for sustainability, saying "Australia should not hurtle down the track towards a big population".<ref name="peatling1" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/27/2938009.htm |title=Gillard shuts door on 'big Australia' |date=27 June 2010 |accessdate=27 June 2010 |work=ABC News Online |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> Gillard has expressed a [[pro-choice]] position on [[abortion]] saying that "Women without money would be left without that choice or in the hands of backyard abortion providers" and that she understood "the various moral positions" regarding abortions.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Gillard-warns-on-abortion-funding/2005/02/03/1107228831705.html|title=Gillard warns on abortion funding|date=3 February 2005| work = The Age | publisher = Fairfax |accessdate=27 June 2010}}</ref> Gillard has made clear she does not support the legalisation of [[recognition of same-sex unions in Australia|gay marriage]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/latest/7487734/gillard-does-not-support-gay-marriage/|title=Gillard does not support gay marriage|date=30 June 2010|work=7 news|accessdate=30 June 2010}}</ref> saying that she believes "the marriage act is appropriate in its current form, that is recognising that marriage is between a man and a woman". == Personal life and views == Gillard's [[domestic partnership|partner]] since 2006<ref name="wait" /> is [[Tim Mathieson]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Gillard's partner Tim Mathieson 'bubbly'|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/gillards-partner-tim-mathieson-bubbly-20100624-z1o2.html|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=24 June 2010|accessdate=24 June 2010}}</ref> She had previous relationships with union officials Michael O'Connor and Bruce Wilson and fellow Federal Labor MP [[Craig Emerson]].<ref>{{ cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/management/our-julia/2007/05/18/1178995371860.html |title=Our Julia|last=Valent|first=Dani|date=18 May 2007 | work= The Age | publisher = Fairfax | accessdate=26 June 2010}}</ref> She has never married and has had no children.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gillard defends childlessness|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21072127-2702,00.html|newspaper=[[The Australian]] | publisher = News Limited |date=17 January 2007|accessdate=31 August 2007}}</ref> Gillard was brought up in the [[Baptist]] tradition, but is not religious. In a 2010 interview when asked if she believed in God, Gillard stated: "No I don't ... I'm not a religious person ... [I'm] a great respecter of religious beliefs but they're not my beliefs."<ref name="DoesNotBelieveInGod">{{cite news |last=Wright |first=Tony |title=PM tells it as she sees it on the God issue |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=30 June 2010 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/pm-tells-it-as-she-sees-it-on-the-god-issue-20100629-zjad.html |accessdate=30 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |network=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] |station=774 |city=[[Melbourne]] |title=Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks to Jon Faine |airdate=29 June 2010 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2010/06/29/2939565.htm?site=melbourne}}</ref> She lives in the south western Melbourne suburb of [[Altona, Victoria|Altona]]<ref name="Altona">{{cite news|first=Tony|last=Wright|title=Forget Canberra, Altona has become the new heart of the nation|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/01/01/1198949817052.html|newspaper=[[The Age]] |publisher=Fairfax |date=2 January 2008|accessdate=5 October 2008}}</ref> and is a public supporter of the [[Western Bulldogs]] [[Australian football]] club.<ref>{{cite web|first=Adam|last=McNicol|title=Dogs celebrate fan Gillard's ascension to PM|url=http://www.afl.com.au/tabid/208/default.aspx?newsid=96902|publisher=afl.com.au|date=24 June 2010|accessdate=25 June 2010}}</ref> == See also == {{Portal|Australia}} * [[Next Australian federal election]] * [[Rudd Ministry]] * [[Gillard Ministry]] == References == {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} == 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/julia-gillard Official ALP webpage for Julia Gillard] * [http://www.dpm.gov.au/ The Hon Julia Gillard MP&nbsp;– Deputy Prime Minister] * [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Julia-Gillard/161674172327 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