Julia Gillard News, Research and Analysis - The Conversation (2024)

This is not the first time domestic violence has been declared a national crisis. Australian governments first got seriously involved in 1985. What can the past 40 years teach us?

In this podcast we talk with Wayne Swan, the Labor Party National President. Swan was treasurer and deputy prime minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments.

Gillard’s legacy - a mixed one on policy - was more than just the misogyny speech.

Like Albanese, Plibersek is pragmatic, but probably hasn’t moved quite so far to the centre as he has. If she were running things, would this Labor government have a more radical tinge?

The budget projects an improvement of more than $143 billion over four years, compared to the Coalition’s final budget, brought down in March last year by Josh Frydenberg

Julia Gillard’s ‘misogyny speech’ forms the inciting incident and climatic ending of Joanna Murray-Smith’s new play Julia, produced by the Sydney Theatre Company.

Now that Labor has won and the Liberal Party has been severely wounded, its enemies will be baying for blood, so a first order of business will be to make Australian voters glad they elected them.

Neither Scott Morrison nor Anthony Albanese has so far impressed with strong leadership skills - but the Labor leader may offer a different style of leadership that might suit the times.

It wouldn’t be a modern Australian election campaign without the words “carbon tax” being thrown around.So lets clear a few things up.

Since the advent of the two-party preferred system, there have been two examples of parties governing effectively in minority, and with the support of independents.

Australia’s political economy was built on the primacy of (white) male labor, male power and male control, writes Julianne Schultz. Women have changed this culture - but still risk abuse when speaking out.

In differentiating himself from the Morrison government on China, the Labor leader would do well do study Julia Gillard’s record.

Political biographies show us who is ‘worthy’ of being written about … and who is overlooked in history.

Politicians, staffers and academics have come together to try and address bullying and harassment at parliament house. They have three key messages.

From Enid Lyons, to Julia Gillard and Kate Ellis, memoirs have become a critical way to highlight the ongoing problems faced by women in politics.

With so much recent focus on how women are treated, we need to look first at how we use language. And for a long time, it has been used to belittle and silence women.

Labor has long been seen as the party of bold policy platforms, while the Coalition has played more of a consolidating role. The next election will determine if those characterisations still hold.

There is a renewed discussion about the role of News Corp in Australia. But so far, this is ignoring how the Murdoch press is particularly hostile towards female politicians.

Women in visible leadership positions are subject to personal attacks as less competent and reliable than their male colleagues. Acknowledging this double standard is the first step in addressing it.

Written in 1929, this short, passionate book highlighting the silencing of women’s voices continues to shape our culture.