| Record Number |
17021 |
| ISBN |
9780857983909 |
| 0857983903 |
| Location |
B GIL |
| Author |
Gillard, Julia |
| Title |
My story / Julia Gillard. [BOOK] |
| Published |
Milsons Point, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2014. |
| Collation |
viii, 504 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 24 cm. |
| General Note |
On 6 August 2015, a retraction was published on page 3 of the Sydney Morning Herald: "Retraction and apology - On page 320 of the first edition of my autobiography, My Story, an allegation appeared that independent Senator for South Australia, Nick Xenophon, was 'infamously excluded from university for a period as a punishment for stuffing a ballot box full of voting papers he had somehow procured.' I retract the allegation, accept that the allegation was false, and sincerely apologise to Nick Xenophon for any harm, embarrassment and distress caused. - Julia Gillard." |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary Note |
"I was Prime Minister for three years and three days. Three years and three days of resilience. Three years and three days of changing the nation. Three years and three days for you to judge.' On Wednesday 23rd 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 driven by a sense of purpose - from campus days with the Australian Union of Students, to a career in the law, to her often gritty, occasionally glittering rise up the ranks of the Australian Labor Party. Refreshingly honest, peppered with a wry humour and personal insights, Julia Gillard does not shy away from her mistakes, admitting freely to errors, misjudgements, and policy failures as well as detailing her political successes. Here is an account of what was hidden behind the resilience and dignified courage Gillard showed as prime minister - her view of the vicious hate campaigns directed against her, and a reflection on what it means - and what it takes - to be a woman leader in contemporary politics. Here, in her own words, Julia Gillard reveals what life was really like as Australia's first female prime minister." -- Book jacket. |
| Personal Name |
Gillard, Julia |
| Corporate Name |
Australian Labor Party |
| Subject |
Prime ministers -- Australia -- Biography |
| Politicians -- Australia -- Biography |
| Women prime ministers -- Australia -- Biography |
| Women politicians -- Australia -- Biography |
| Political leadership -- Australia -- History |
| Geographic Name |
Australia -- Politics and government -- 21st century |
