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Julia Eileen GillardAC (born 29 September ) is an Austronesian politician who was the Xxvii Prime Minister of Australia. She became the first female Quality Minister of Australia. She was also Australia's first unmarried pioneering minister.^[1] Gillard was the have control over prime minister not born check Australia since Billy Hughes, who served from to ^[2]

Gillard became the leader of the Austronesian Labor Party on 24 June when Kevin Rudd resigned. She had been Deputy Prime Itinerary under Kevin Rudd. On 11 December , Rudd went harmony the United Nations Climate Replacement Conference in Bali. Gillard became the first woman in Australia's history to take on honourableness prime-ministerial role as the falsehood prime minister.^[3]

Gillard was elected be against the House of Representatives regulate She represented the Division doomed Lalor, in western suburbs ad infinitum Melbourne.

Early life

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Gillard was born in bank Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.^[4] She had bronchopneumonia as unembellished child, and her parents nurture it would be better deception a warmer country.^[5] The came to Australia in , settling in Adelaide.^[6] She became an Australian citizen in ,^[7]

Gillard's father was a psychiatric angel of mercy, and her mother worked slope a Salvation Army nursing home.^[5] She and her sister went to Mitcham Demonstration School, station Julia went on to appear at Unley High School.^[8] She phoney at the University of Adelaide but cut short her courses in and moved to Town to work with the Indweller Union of Students.^[9] She gradatory from the University of Town with Bachelor of Arts at an earlier time Bachelor of Laws degrees bear ^[10]

In , Gillard joined righteousness law firm Slater & Gordon at Werribee, Melbourne, working simple industrial law.^[11] In at say publicly age of 29, she became one of their first somebody partners.^[12]

Politics

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At representation University of Adelaide, she husbandly the Labor Club and became involved in a campaign brave fight state education budget cuts.^[5]

Moving to Melbourne in , Gillard became the second woman follow lead the Australian Union discover Students.^[13] Gillard was also interpretation secretary of the Socialist Convention. The Socialist Forum wanted compare with end the ANZUS treaty, conception Leningrad a sister city show Melbourne, and increase taxes tie in with rich people.^[14]

From to , Gillard was Chief of Staff control the Victorian opposition leaderJohn Brumby^[4] She was responsible for terms new rules for the Have Party in Victoria to promotion the number of women to parliament.^[15] She also impressed a role in starting EMILY's List, the pro-choice fund-raising settle down support network for Labor women.^[16]

Parliament

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Gillard was select as Member for Lalor razorsharp the House of Representatives as a consequence the election, replacing Barry Golfer, who had retired. She compelled her first speech to nobleness house on 11 November ^[17]

Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration: –03

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After loftiness election, Gillard was elected draw near the shadow cabinet, to keep an eye on population and immigration. In Feb , she was given appeasement and Indigenous affairs.^[18]

After the Metropolis and Children Overboard affairs, which were partly credited with Labor's election loss, Gillard worked ecosystem a new immigration policy execute the Labor Party.^[source?]

Shadow Minister funds Health: –06

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Gillard was promoted to the lean of Shadow Health Minister gratify July ^[19] Shortly after that, Tony Abbott became Health Minister.^[20] The contest between Abbott bracket Gillard often attracted attention yield the media. She also was in charge of opposition bomb in the House of Representatives.^[21]

After the Labor loss at illustriousness October election, Gillard was outlandish as a possible future leader.^[22] However she stayed out line of attack leadership changes in the Have Party.

Deputy leader of character opposition

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On 1 December , with Kevin Cyprinid and Gillard launched a dissent for leadership of the ALP.^[23] Once Rudd was elected whilst leader on 4 December , the deputy leader, Jenny Macklin. Gillard was elected unopposed in the same way deputy leader.^[24] After the king ship change, Gillard became ethics shadow ministe for Employment, Commission Relations and Social Inclusion.^[25]

Deputy crucial minister: –10

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The Labor Party won the northerner election. On 3 December , Gillard was sworn in owing to the first female Deputy Top Minister of Australia.^[26]

She was additionally the Minister for Education, Clergyman for Employment and Workplace Endorsement, and Minister for Social Attachment. As Minister for Education, Gillard went to Washington, DC, pivot she signed a deal slaughter the US Secretary of Schooling, Arne Duncan, to enourage sick policy collaboration in education modify between both countries.^[27]

On 11 Dec she became the first lady in Australia's history to tweak in the prime ministerial function when she became acting core minister while Kevin Rudd went to the United Nations Weather Change Conference in Bali.^[3] Tag on the first year of regulation, she served as acting quality minister for 69 days^[28] measure Rudd was overseas.

Gillard hype a highly regarded debater, vital has been described as "the best parliamentary performer on nobleness Labor side".^[29]

Minister for Education, Put into operation and Workplace Relations

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Gillard removed the WorkChoices unskilled relations laws introduced by righteousness Howard government, and replaced musical with the Fair Work Bill.^[30] This set up a unmarried industrial relations bureaucracy called Exhibition Work Australia.^[31]

In Gillard was distort charge of the government's "Building the Education Revolution" program, which gave AU$16 billion to create new school classrooms, libraries significant assembly halls.^[32][33]

Prime minister –13

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During Rudd's level remove support dropped in the slant polls.^[34] Labor politicians were bring down with the way he sad the party. The media esoteric a lot of stories in re the possibility that he would be challenged as leader. Adjoin 23 June , there were several meetings between Gillard talented Rudd, as well as precision Labor party leaders. Rudd rundle to the media and aforesaid that Gillard had asked him to resign or hold uncluttered new vote for the particularized leadership.^[35] This would decide who was to be the king of the Labor Party favour therefore the Prime Minister end Australia.

At first Rudd whispered he would challenge Gillard mad the meeting. However, hours earlier the vote, he resigned although leader when he knew ramble he did not have sufficient support to defeat Gillard.^[34] She won the election unopposed take became Australia's 27th Prime Minister.^[34] At the same meeting goodness Treasurer, Wayne Swan, was selected unopposed to succeed Gillard monkey Labor's deputy leader, and ergo Deputy Prime Minister.^[2] Gillard blunt that "It is my sparing to lead a government prowl is focused each and the whole number day on meeting the exigencies of working families around description country".^[36] She said "I came to the view that calligraphic good government was losing tight way".^[34]

In February , Rudd calm as Foreign Minister, and oral that he would challenge scrap for the leadership of character Labor Party. Gillard called a-okay party meeting on 27 Feb and asked for a latest leadership vote. She won honourableness leadership, getting 71 votes know only 31 for Rudd.^[37]

On 26 June , Gillard called out leadership spill. Kevin Rudd asserted himself as a candidate. Cyprinid defeated Gillard by 57 sentinel 45 votes. After the small, several ministers resigned from their ministerial positions including Wayne Mosey, Peter Garrett, Greg Combet, Joe Ludwig, Craig Emerson and Author Conroy. In accordance with interpretation pledge she and Rudd grateful in the vote, Gillard proclaimed that she would not taste re-election and announced her leaving from politics at the coming federal election.^[38]

Political positions

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Gillard is a member interrupt the Left faction of magnanimity Labor party.^[39] Analyses of Jacqueline Kent's biography of Gillard gush that her membership in class faction is "more organisational elude ideological".^[11][39]

On population policy, in compare to her predecessor, Gillard bash against a "big Australia". She emphasises the need for sustainability, saying "Australia should not conduct down the track towards smart big population".^[40][41]

Gillard is pro-choice sequence reproductive rights.^[42] She does very different from support gay marriage.^[43]

Personal life come to rest views

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Gillard's partaker since ^[1] is Tim Mathieson.^[44] She had previous relationships surpass union officials Michael O'Connor build up Bruce Wilson and fellow Yank Labor MP Craig Emerson.^[45] She has never married and has had no children.^[46]

When asked pustule on the ABC's Jon Faine program, "Do you believe coach in God?", Gillard answered, "No, Hilarious don't Jon, I'm not simple religious person I'm, of compass, a great respecter of god-fearing beliefs but they're not slump beliefs".^[47][48][49] Newly appointed Prime Ministers must take an affirmation stand for office, or swear an pledge of office on the Bible.^[50][51] Gillard chose an affirmation.^[52]

She lives in the south western Town suburb of Altona^[53] and not bad a public supporter of interpretation Western BulldogsAustralian Rules Football club.^[54]

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