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LEGAL STUDIES

Julia Gillard

Biography.

Julia’s Early LifeJulia Gillard was born on the 29th September 1961. She was born in Wales and suffered from bronchopneumonia as a child, so they relocated to Adelaide thinking it would be safer in a warmer climate. She is the youngest child in her family, and has one older sister. She studied at the University of Adelaide but cut her courses short and moved to Melbourne to work with the Australian Union of students. She attended The University of Melbourne and graduated in 1986 with A Bachelor of Arts and A Bachelor of Laws.

Introduction to politicsIn Julia’s second year at the University of Adelaide, she was introduced to politics by the daughter of a state Labour minister. She joined the Labour club and became involved in a campaign fighting against education budget cuts. In 1983, after moving to Melbourne, she began to lead the Australian Union of students, the second female to ever do so.Between 1996 and 1998, she was the Chief staff to John Brumby, the opposition leader at the time.

Julia as an Opposition MemberIn 1998, Julia was elected as a member of Labour by the House of Representatives and made her first speech on 11th November that year. 2001-2003 Julia was the ‘Shadow leader for population and Immigration’2003-2006 She was promoted to the ‘Shadow minister for Health’On December 4th 2006 Julia became Deputy Prime Minister of Australia.

Julia as Deputy Prime Minister

Between 2007 and 2010, Julia served as Opposition leader underneath Kevin Rudd. It was on December 3rd, after the Labour Party won the Federal election that Gillard was sworn in the first Female Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. Along with this role, she was also Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace relations, and Minister and flew to Washington DC to sign a deal encouraging education between the two countries to merge more.

Gillard becoming Prime MinisterOn the 23rd of June, after several

meetings between Gillard, Rudd and other factional leaders, Kevin Rudd

announced to the public that Gillard had asked him to hold a leadership ballot the

following day to determine the leadership of the Labour Party and

therefore the Prime Minister of Australia. Initially, Rudd said he would challenge Julia, but hours before the

vote he pulled aside as it was obvious he didn’t have enough support to win the vote. Julia then won unopposed, and shortly after was sworn in as the 27th

Prime Minister of Australia by Quentin Bryce.

Election 2010

Julia Gillard called for a Federal election to be held on August 21st. In the first week, the polls showed Gillard being up by ten points, 55-

45. Julia then appeared on The Great Debate against opposition

leader Tony Abbott where she was declared a strong winner by both

Channel 9 and Channel 7.

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