1 Julia Gillard Aus PM Speaks

Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is the 27th Prime Minister of Australia. She is Australia's first female prime minister. Gillard became the Leader of the Australian Labor Party at the 2010 Australian Labor Party leadership election on 24 June 2010 and was sworn in as prime minister later that day. She had previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia under Kevin Rudd. On 11 December 2007, she became the first woman in Australia's history to assume the prime ministerial role when she was the acting prime minister while Rudd attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali. Gillard is also the first foreign-born prime minister since Billy Hughes, who served from 1915 to 1923, and Australia's first prime minister who has never married. Gillard has been a Labor Party member of the House of Representatives since the 1998 federal election. She represents the Division of Lalor, west of Melbourne.

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[Mollarooza]

you have never been a liberal voter? wow I find that hard to believe with the comments you have made

[ausinous]

@Mollarooza That's where you are wrong. I've never been a Liberal voter but I'm a realist. The world is shrinking and we are more than ever competing in an international arena. Commerce is about supply & demand. 3 unions held QANTAS to ransom and the once great airline has dropped from the 2nd best airline in the world(2006) to the 8th best(2011). Industrial actions & bully tactics by unions have caused damage to Australia's tourism Industry and the reputation of QANTAS. 1 of many examples.

[Mollarooza]

@ausinous

So I should just cancel my union fees, let my boss walk all over me, except a lower pay packet whilst my bosses wage rises even more and just be grateful that I have a job?

When really me and my work mates are really the ones doing all the productive work and helping my boss get rich anyway...

Remember without productive workers the boss doesn't get rich...

If the boss treats his workers right, then he doesn't have to worry about unions chasing him...

It was a typical Liberal response

[ausinous]

@Mollarooza I think the dwindling union membership speaks for itself. Without union heavyweight's backing, Gillard would not have had the numbers to overthrow Rudd. Gillard's Fair Work Act re-regulated the labour market. By eradicating Australian Workplace Agreements, Labor wound the clock back more than two decades, and gave the unions increased power. In this ever globalized world, Australia will become anti-competitive, resulting in loss of trade opportunities hence rising unemployment.

[Mollarooza]

@ausinous whats wrong with unions?

[ausinous]

All I see is brown and red. Perhaps all can see is Union shit on her nose and Kevin's blood on her hands?

[simonmoves]

shut your mouth gillard--no-one likes you--

[sstuddert]

Good God, I can not stand this woman.

[sstuddert]

shut up, I hate you.

[2010TheSpade]

Yes Gillard lets move forward to more spending of our money not yours to people who are to lazy to get off their fat ass to contribute to the bills lets make the debt bigger then a 100 million a day needed to cover interest, the bottom line is; if you were a business you would be belly up in a hour you squander $8 billion and were promoted to the top job what company in their right mind would do this - LABOR