In November the Gillard Government called for a Royal Commission to investigate claims of child sexual abuse in institutions including churches, schools and clubs, and the adequacy of their responses.
In response to growing community awareness of a need for major reform of disability services, the Gillard Government established the NDIS in March The scheme aims to offer individualised support for people with permanent and significant disability, their families and carers. After the election, Gillard led the first minority government since the s. On any vote, then, she would rely heavily on the six cross bench MPs.
While Gillard acknowledged the difficulties of managing such a parliament, she set out to lead a reforming government and achieved the passage of a lot of legislation. Her stance on climate change remained contentious, and at one point a group of protestors in the gallery were ejected by the Speaker for disrupting Question Time, but the government was able to get the Clean Energy Bill passed in The speech achieved international attention, but failed to turn around the domestic opinion polls, which were looking dire for the Labor Party.
Though she maintained the support of many key members of the party, issues continued to arise. In February , a leadership vote took place in the Labor caucus between Rudd and Gillard, but she held the firm support of the party and won by a vote of A second leadership spill was called in March , however Rudd chose not to oppose and the status quo was maintained.
Facing an almost inevitable defeat in the election, a third leadership spill was called on June This time Rudd decided to run against Gillard and won by 57 votes to A long-time supporter of the Western Bulldogs, Gillard was honoured by the AFL club when they made her their Number One ticket holder whilst she was prime minister.
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Born 29 September Barry, Wales. Partner Tim Mathieson. Party Australian Labor Party. Milestones National Broadband Network The Gillard Government commenced full implementation of the National Broadband Network in , following a trial rollout in Tasmania in Plain packaging laws As a measure to deter Australians from smoking, the Gillard Government introduced plain packaging laws in November As Rudd's former deputy, Gillard faced a divided party room, and a difficult challenge at the polls.
However, she steered the Labor Party to a narrow electoral win at the election, forming minority government with the support of four of parliament's six cross-benchers. Though the passage of legislation was difficult, Gillard set an agenda for social change that included the Clean Energy Act, better-known as the much-debated 'carbon tax'; the creation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme; an overhaul of schools funding the Gonski Review ; and a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
During her term, Gillard's gender drew attention from the Opposition and the press, with conservative commentators making much of her choice not to have children. Sexist comments led to her delivery of the 'misogyny speech', an impassioned response to the Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott, on the floor of parliament in October By the Labor Party was struggling in the polls, and former leader Kevin Rudd ousted Gillard in another leadership spill, after which Gillard retired from politics.
The National Museum of Australia acknowledges First Australians and recognises their continuous connection to country, community and culture. Prime Ministers of Australia Julia Gillard. In , she was elected AUS President. Following her term in office, Ms Gillard completed her degrees at University of Melbourne.
After graduating Ms Gillard began work as a solicitor in Melbourne with the law firm Slater and Gordon and became a Partner in Julia Gillard first contested the Federal seat of Lalor for the Australian Labor Party in and was elected that year. In Ms Gillard was appointed Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration and subsequently took on responsibilities for Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs in
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