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Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

"Gillard" redirects here.

But the other two, Julia Gillard and Malcolm Turnbull, were cut down purely and simply because of poor polling.

For other uses, see Gillard (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Jill Gallard.

Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is an Australian former politician who was the 27th prime minister of Australia and the leader of the Labor Party (ALP) from 2010 to 2013.

Born in Barry, Wales and raised in Adelaide, she was the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Lalor from 1998 to 2013. She was also the 13th deputy prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010, under Kevin Rudd.

She is the first and only woman to hold either office in Australian history.

Julia Gillard has written not one but two books, bound together in a single volume.

Julia Gillard has written not one but two books, bound together in a single volume.

Former prime minister Julia Gillard and South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas announce the royal commission into early childhood education.

When Julia Gillard took the reins of the Australian Labor Party on June 24, , she did so with the goodwill of the majority of her party and a fawning.

Here's the view of Mike Seccombe, from The Global Mail.

Ten years ago the then-prime minister Julia Gillard delivered a speech to parliament about misogyny.

Born in Barry, Wales, Gillard migrated with her family to Adelaide in South Australia in 1966. She attended Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. Gillard went on to study at the University of Adelaide, but switched to the University of Melbourne in 1982, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1986 an