Here’s how Australia’s Labor leader triumphed over a hostile media and avoided the fate of Ed Miliband
A picture of Ed Miliband appears on the wall in the Australian Labor party campaign headquarters. Above the…
Julia Gillard
The economics of a budget surplus: Something to think about before making rash promises
Left of centre political parties are nearly always faced with the charge, levelled by their right of centre…
Aussie rules: what Labour could learn from Kevin Rudd’s defeat
Six years ago the Australian Labour Party (ALP) was all-powerful. As a party, it controlled every single state…
Australian Labor in leadership crisis (again)
Update: Reports suggest that Gillard has lost the leadership election to Kevin Rudd – the man she replaced…
Australian PM asked if her partner is gay by radio host – simply because he’s a hairdresser
The Australian election is getting really unpleasant. Labor leader and PM Julia Gillard has faced some pretty vile…
Labour leader attacked with salami sandwich
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard narrowly avoided being caught by a stray salami sandwich whilst campaigning at a…
Australian PM Julia Gillard labels opposition leader Tony Abbott a misogynist
Go Julia!
The Labour Party at war (in Australia)
The ballot to elect the next leader of the Australian Labour Party – and by extension the Prime…
We need to talk about Kevin
When former Aussie Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was brusquely usurped by the current incumbent, Julia Gillard, in June…
Cameron’s Australian Impression
Earlier this week, the Prime Minister tried to imitate the accent of Australian leader, Julia Gillard. There were…
