9781760896201 (2 items)

Penguin Books, Australia, 2015. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. On Wednesday 23 June 2010, with the government in turmoil, Julia Gillard asked then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a leadership ballot. The next day, Julia Gillard became Australia’s 27th Prime Minister, and our first female leader. Australia was alive to the historic possibilities. Here was a new approach for a new time. It was to last three extraordinary years. This is Julia Gillard’s chronicle of that turbulent time – a strikingly candid self-portrait of a political leader seeking to realise her ideals. It is her story of what it was like – in the face of government in-fighting and often hostile media – to manage a hung parliament, build a diverse and robust economy, create an equitable and world-class education system, ensure a dignified future for Australians with disabilities, all while attending to our international obligations and building strategic alliances for our future. This is a politician… Read more

Melbourne: Vintage / Penguin Random House Australia, 2019. Australia Post ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, colour photos centre spread, faint crease front cover, minor edgewear. 536 pp. The autobiography of Julia Gillard, Australia's first female Prime Minister. She was PM for three years and three days, which required considerable resilience. She defeated a troubled Kevin Rudd in a leadership ballot in June 2010. Here is her chronicle of that turbulent time, a strikingly candid self-portrait of a political leader seeking to realise her ideals. It is her story of facing government in-fighting and hostile media, and to manage a hung parliament. She aimed to build a diverse and robust economy, created an equitable and world-class education system, ensure a dignified future for Australians with disabilities, all the while attending to our international obligations and building strategic alliances for our future. She was driven by a sense of purpose - from campus days with the… Read more